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Dolly - Part 3

In 1 Corinthians 6: 9 - 11, Paul wrote a sin list that describes both the world & the Corinthian church.       He then wrote that despite their church looking like the world, the members of their church were also washed (regenerate), set apart (in the world but not of it), & justified (declared judicially righteous) in the name of Christ by the Holy Spirit.   Yet in 1 Corinthians 15, he (Paul) also wrote that there were those among them who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, which means they didn’t believe & understand that Christ Himself had been raised from the dead. How then is it that Dolly’s accusers can hold her to a higher theological standard than Paul did the members of the Corinthian church?    Being a good theologian doesn’t select for someone being a born again believer, & the bar for being a born again believer is far lower than Christians have been saying since the Athanasian Creed set the bar at what we today con...
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Dolly - Part 3

In 1 Corinthians 6: 9 - 11, Paul wrote a sin list that describes both the world & the Corinthian church.       He then wrote that despite their church looking like the world, the members of their church were also washed (regenerate), set apart (in the world but not of it), & justified (declared judicially righteous) in the name of Christ by the Holy Spirit.   Yet in 1 Corinthians 15, he (Paul) also wrote that there were those among them who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, which means they didn’t believe & understand that Christ Himself had been raised from the dead. How then is it that Dolly’s accusers can hold her to a higher theological standard than Paul did the members of the Corinthian church?    Being a good theologian doesn’t select for someone being a born again believer, & the bar for being a born again believer is far lower than Christians have been saying since the Athanasian Creed set the bar at what we today con...
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Dolly - Part 2

I continue to be astounded by posts like this on social media.     It’s as if Dolly’s accusers think that someone must pass a theology test to be welcomed home as one of God’s own.     Now that Dolly has passed away, the online chattering class has decided to run out to the public square to have their say.     It’s as if a bright light in the war with the merciless has been extinguished & now the roaches are free to roam free long enough to heckle Dolly, who herself is no longer here to defend herself. Remember this?  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming ( 2 Thessalonians 2:7–8 , ESV) What Dolly’s accusers are peddling here is a classic example of that overarching principle. Here are the f...
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