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What are the grounds for calling someone a heretic or false teacher?

Posted on by Eric Costanzo in Heresy, Hot Button Commentary ;), Modern Evangelicalism, Orthodoxy, Pastors, The Church and Society, Twenty-First Century

Yesterday I listened to an older podcast of a pastor who, not long ago, was highly influential in my life. As a result of a major change in his ministry, my pastor friend is no longer at his church or currently involved in public preaching. To be clear, there was no moral failure associated with … Continue reading What are the grounds for calling someone a heretic or false teacher? →

The Apostle Paul changed his mind about women…perhaps someday we will too.

Posted on by Eric Costanzo in AD 0-100, Early Church, Hot Button Commentary ;), Judeo-Christian History, New Testament, Religion, Scripture Impressions and Digressions, The Apostle Paul, Women, Women in Leadership

Jewish men would often pray this morning prayer: "Thanks be to God that He did not make me a Gentile, that He did not make me an ignorant slave, or a woman."(1) Paul's words in Galatians 3:28 seem to purposefully upend this prayer: (In Christ Jesus) There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor … Continue reading The Apostle Paul changed his mind about women…perhaps someday we will too. →