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When defending the doctrine of Scripture alone, believers frequently encounter four major historical and theological objections regarding tradition, church authority, and biblical canon. This comprehensive examination dismantles these common counter…

It Is Written | Galatians 1:11–12 | The Traditions of My Fathers, Part 3 Is the Bible enough? Ever since the serpent asked, “Has God indeed said?” in the garden, God’s Word has been under attack. Today the fight is over whether it’s sufficient. In Galatia, nobody was throwing Jesus out. The false teachers were preaching Jesus plus. Paul’s answer: the gospel he preached didn’t come from man. It came by revelation from Jesus Christ. In this message, Pastor Brian takes the four strongest arguments

Testing religious traditions against scripture is essential for maintaining biblical purity. In this guide, you will learn how to use the Bible as the ultimate standard to evaluate inherited church practices, unwritten rules, and dogmatic additions,…

Picture an old balance scale. On one side sits the standard. On the other, whatever you're testing. The standard never moves. The standard decides. For the church, that standard is the Word of God. Every tradition, every teaching, every prophecy, every sermon gets weighed against it. The trouble starts when somebody sets a tradition on the same side as the Bible, as an equal weight. Paul knew that world. He was zealous for the traditions of his fathers. This week we put our own traditions on th

When studying religious history, examining how the Pharisees and Sadducees mishandled Scripture reveals dangerous patterns that still plague modern believers. By either adding strict legalistic fences around God's Word or cutting away inconvenient t…

Everybody has traditions. Tamales on Christmas Eve. The same seat every Sunday. Most are good, harmless, even precious. The problem starts when a tradition picks up authority and sits next to the Bible as its equal. Paul was zealous for the traditions of his fathers. His world had two camps. One added to the Word. The other cut pieces out of it. And Jesus answered both of them the same way. He opened the Scriptures. When tradition and God's Word disagree, which one wins? 1. The Source. Paul's