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What Does the Bible Really Teach?

September 06, 2023 • by Thomas S. Kidd

What Does the Bible Really Teach?

Protestants classically believe in sola scriptura, but they also know that some Protestants have conjured exotic beliefs based on appeals to the Bible alone. At a Baptist church where I was once a leader, the pastor and I were working to explain why a person who denied the Trinity could not be a member. Continue Reading...

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