tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post115706120727161654..comments2022-11-19T09:12:57.640-06:00Comments on Cowan Chronicles: What Must We Believe?Steve Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075683279641891756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post-22036032919988816072009-02-04T11:32:00.000-06:002009-02-04T11:32:00.000-06:00I was recently talking with Jehovas witness's who ...I was recently talking with Jehovas witness's who deny the Diety of Christ and the Trinity. They used there version of the Bible to support there position and try to bend the rules of Greek grammer to justify their translation. There version is certainly full of errors due to a faulty translation which in turn effected there view of the trinity and Jesus Christ in a way that effects there salvation. So based on this would you not agree that biblical inerrancy would be an essential or is this just a case of poor scholarship effecting there salvation?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03755181126815074039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post-1158439006596847442006-09-16T15:36:00.000-05:002006-09-16T15:36:00.000-05:00Very informative. The World Peace Religion http://...Very informative. The World Peace Religion http://www.thetempleoflove.comKaren Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038877124514734814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post-1158046208524085202006-09-12T02:30:00.000-05:002006-09-12T02:30:00.000-05:00That was very helpful. Thank you, sir.That was very helpful. Thank you, sir.Frank Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126023605395414714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post-1158001010086749552006-09-11T13:56:00.000-05:002006-09-11T13:56:00.000-05:00Frank Walton asks whether sola Scriptura and bibli...Frank Walton asks whether sola Scriptura and biblical inerrancy are essential doctrines of the faith. The answer quite simply is no. They are not essentials. A person can be saved even if he denies these two doctrines.<BR/><BR/>Now, let me clarify. By saying that they are not essential, I am by no means saying that they are unimportant. I distinguish three levels of biblical doctrine. First, there is what I described in my blog, the essential doctrines of the faith, what might be called the <I>esse</I> (being) of Christianity. In addition are matters that are comparatively trivial, what we can call <I>adiaphora</I> (matters of indifference). The latter are doctinal teachings of the Bible that effect neither one's salvation nor his spiritual health. The <I>adiaphora</I> (e.g., views on the specific nature of eternal punishment--literal fire or something else; views on the millennium, etc) are items that Christians even in the same local church can disagree on and still worship together.<BR/><BR/>However, in between the <I>esse</I> and the <I>adiaphora</I> is a category we can call the <I>bene esse</I>, teachings that have to do with the "well-being" of the church and the christian life. These are doctrines that a person can get wrong and still be saved, but getting it wrong can have an adverse effect on one's spiritual health and growth as a Christian. In this category I would put biblical inerrancy, views on the sacraments, church government, charismatic gifts, etc. I hope this helps.Steve Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075683279641891756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12279128.post-1157912379710465132006-09-10T13:19:00.000-05:002006-09-10T13:19:00.000-05:00What about Biblical inerrancy and Sola Scriptura? ...What about Biblical inerrancy and <I>Sola Scriptura</I>? Aren't those essentials?Frank Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126023605395414714noreply@blogger.com