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Revised today
I am not stating in the video for biblical Christians to support everyone claiming to teach the Bible accurately. I am quite aware there is false teaching, 2 Peter 2, I John, Jude, Galatians, Deuteronomy as non-exhaustive examples. A biblical Christian should not support those that biblically would be considered false teachers.
A non-exhaustive argument:
The biblical gospel is taught by a teaching ministry.
The central theology is sound from the teaching ministry.
The secondary theology is significantly sound from the teaching ministry.
There is significant learning received from the teaching ministry.
There is significant concern for God's love from the teaching ministry.
There is significant concern for God's truth and justice from the teaching ministry.
Therefore:
Support for such a teaching ministry should be considered, not necessarily financial support.
The support may be prayerful support or online support; even when there is some significant theological and philosophical disagreements with that teaching ministry.
This shows significant humility in Christ, in that one is not insisting on agreement with his/her own views in virtually every area, before considering public support for a teaching ministry.
I mention 'Catholic' in the video. I could support a Roman Catholic ministry in a limited way only, due to my Reformed faith and philosophical views. Particularly, in regard to salvation by grace through faith alone, scripture being primary over any church tradition, the sacraments and church governance. Roman Catholic theologian Alan Schreck writes: '...justification and salvation are free gifts or graces of God that are not earned by any work of man, even faith. (26). There is a disagreement on what grace through faith, alone means between Reformed and Roman Catholic views, but I can grant that his Roman Catholic position, at least, is not, works righteousness. In the past, I have linked with very few Roman Catholic bloggers based on limited agreement, yet in Christ. However, the linking era with websites now seems rather obsolete.
COURSON, JON (2005) Application Commentary, Thomas Nelson, Nashville.
SCHRECK, ALAN (1984) Catholic and Christian, Servant Books, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
