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I could not have said it any better. We are in a state decline as far as biblical literacy goes. This I believe is what will lead to many "Christians" being deceived by a smooth talking false messiah.

Bible study based on what the bible actually says and not on what we want the bible to say is not as you say "ad hoc". While "approved Bible studies" can be useful they are still just some persons understanding of what the bible says or means. Many times people will just trust what is in those...

I understand what you are saying I just think we should be vigilant lest false teaching creep into the body. Something that we are warned about in scripture.

I think you missed my point. False teaching can creep into any church and that is why we as Christians are to study the bible and compare what the leaders are saying with scripture. Would you not agree?

But you should always study those "relevant" verses in context. Verses have been pulled out of context by cults and false teachers in the past and still do so. It is still the responsibility of the believer to do his/her study. We can not leave it to others to tell us what the bible says.

If a person is attending a church where they disagree with the main doctrine then you have to ask why are they attending that church? Was the teaching sound and then started to slip under new leadership. The reality is that false doctrine does not spring up over night. Is the slow creep of bad...

I am not saying that you ignore confessions, creeds or the use of commentaries. What I am saying is that those were written by men who have a bias so that needs to be understood.

I grew up being taught to trust what the word of God said. I have listened to many different pastors over my life and I still test what they say with what the bible says.

I agree that personal responsibility should complement rather than contradict what the pastor is teaching. But that is the point I am making. We are responsible to study to see if what the pastor is teaching is actually biblical. A person may attend a particular church but that does not mean...

How many people do you see that are attending churches that they think are teaching sound doctrine but in fact are not. The leaders actually think they are doing just that or at least I would think they do. Now I would question what some are teaching as what they preach does not reflect what I...

That is all well and good if the "elders" & "church leadership" is actually teaching sound doctrine. We are all responsible to be like the Bereans of Acts 17:11. We are to examine the text / study for ourselves. What comes from the "leaders" may be nothing more than their errant opinion. When...

Was the person who asked just another member of the church or one of the pastoral staff? If it was the staff then I would be questioning why they thought they were the only ones that could understand scripture as that seems to be what that would imply. Never heard the we needed to be...