
Truth is like a young lion who fearlessly welcomes all challengers. Error is like an old lion who must roar to scare away all encroachers.
The louder one rants about 'your theological errors,' the less confident the old lion is of defending ‘his truth’ against all challengers.
Wade Burleson
Most people believe what they're taught and do what they're told without thinking for themselves, and I find that a bit disheartening.
The reason professing Christians will sometimes "renounce" their Christian faith is they've only accepted what they've been taught and never agonized over what they've learned.
Let me give you an example.
The Bible declares:
"God alone is immortal" (I Timothy 6:16).
That means God alone ( and "nobody else") is immortal
Mortal means "subject to death." God alone is not "subject to death."
Suppose you were in a room with sever…
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