Tag: heresies
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Prosperity Gospel, Part 2
Pastor Nate concludes our study of the beliefs of the prosperity gospel movement. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash
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Prosperity Gospel, Part 1
Pastor Nate Harlan examines the insidious teachings of the health and wealth gospel and its most prominent figures. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash
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Christian Science
Pastor Nate outlines the beliefs of the declining 19th-century cult of Christian Science. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Elisabeth Wales on Unsplash
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Pastor Harlan takes Trinity through an overview of the Christian cult known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Ian on Unsplash
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Mormonism, Part 4
Pastor Harlan concludes our discussion of the beliefs behind Mormonism. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Michael Hart on Unsplash
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Mormonism, Part 3
Pastor Harlan continues our study of Mormonism, examining their beliefs about the nature of God. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Michael Hart on Unsplash
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Mormonism, Part 2
Pastor Harlan continues our examination of Mormon beliefs. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Michael Hart on Unsplash
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Mormonism, Part 1
Pastor Harlan begins a study of the Christian cult of Mormonism. Listen above or download the audio file here. Photo by Michael Hart on Unsplash
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Roman Catholicism and its Theandric View of the Church
Pastor Nate Harlan dives into a recap of some of what we’ve learned about Roman Catholicism and its “theandric” view of the church, contrasting that with the Reformed Protestant view.
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Roman Catholicism and the Visible and Invisible Church
Pastor Nate Harlan wraps up our study by discussing the Reformed Protestant doctrine of the visible and invisible church, contrasting that with the Roman Catholic view.
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Roman Catholicism versus the Sufficiency of Christ
After a quick review, Pastor Nate Harlan unpacks a statement by the most influencial Roman Catholic theologian of the 20th century, Henri de Lubac, and contrasts this with Reformed Protestantism.
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Roman Catholicism: Antithesis and Synthesis
Pastor Nate Harlan talks about another difference between Roman Catholicism and Reformed Protestantism — Roman Catholics emphasize synthesis of a number of conflicting views for the sake of unity. The Reformers emphasize antithesis between views that are true or false.
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Roman Catholicism: Grace and the Gospel
Pastor Nate Harlan and the family study at Trinity discusses the different views of grace and the Gospel between Roman Catholicism and Reformed Protestantism.
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Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus Redux
In today’s class, we review what we learned about the doctrine of Totus Christus and how it relates to Roman Catholic theology and tradition.
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Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus
In this family study, Pastor Nate Harlan leads the flock through the first steps toward understanding Roman Catholicism by looking at Augustine’s doctrine of Totus Christus.
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The Heresies — A Quick Review
Before the Trinity Family Study jumps to the next topic of the differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, Pastor Nate Harlan works through the heresies that we talked about over the past months.
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The Heresies — Pneumatomachianism
This fourth-century heresy denied the Trinity by denying the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Nate Harlan leads the family study and discusses modern reflections of this false teaching.
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The Heresies — Pelagianism
Do you know the difference between synergism and monergism? Do you have a good understanding of hamartiology? These big words and their meanings are important if we want to avoid a heresy like Pelagianism.
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Fighting Heresies with the Definition of Chalcedon
Over the centuries, the church has fought off heresies by calling councils and writing creeds. In 451 A.D., one of the best creeds was written: The Definition of Chalcedon.
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The Heresies — Eutychianism
Named after Eutyches of Constantinople, this heresy states that Christ has separate divine and human natures that united and blended into a new combined nature. Pastor Nate Harlan and the Family Study work through the particulars.
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The Heresies — Apollinarianism
In today’s family study, we look at the fourth century heresy called Apollonarianism, which taught Jesus was merely inhabiting a human body rather than being fully human and fully God.
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The Heresies — Arius vs. Athanasius
Pastor Nate Harlan introduces an unusual but important word: homoousian, meaning consubstantial when describing the relationship between Jesus and God the Father. The class at Trinity discusses the ramifications of the Arianism controversy.
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The Heresies — Arianism
In this family study, Pastor Nate Harlan and the members of Trinity discuss that most famous of heresies, Arianism, which says that Christ is in some way less than God.
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Christological Heresies: Docetism
Heresies have in one way helped the Church by helping us refine our theology so we have a better understanding who and what Jesus is. In today’s class, Pastor Nate Harlan leads us through a short study on Docetism.
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The Heresies: Ebionism
As we begin a series on the study of Christ — who is Jesus? and what is Jesus? — we begin by comparing the orthodox view of Christ to the heresy called Ebionism.