Much of Reformed doctrine, especially in relation to predestination, original sin, the bondage of the will, and efficacious grace, has been attributed to the work of Augustine.

We also have better education, science, history, new manuscripts, Luther never had the country of Israel, no dead sea scrolls, how could he ever know what Israel is as it was just a desert.

First it was ok to call a man dumb, but not ok to call a woman dumb, now it's ok to call whites evil, but not ok to call blacks evil.

The Church has enough With all the resources that people have today, such as easy to access to online books through openlibrary.org, library genesis, to sermons on sermon audio and voicesforchrist.net, to free printable textbooks from

http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/ssnotes.htm

To science stuff from Ken Ham, crev.info

Not to mention the YouTube lectures, and free lectures from the best secular universities on edx.org

"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path."
Matthew 13:19 ESV

I'm afraid Kanye did not understand that the church is living amongst many false teachers, of whom Joel Osteen is one.

Without a proper peer review outside of an echo chamber that is the ivory tower university, these findings mean nothing.

And so is this article, which while quite wordy, has absolutelly no substance whatsoever!

and no I don't have kids of my own... so what? Who else are you gonna tell this to, APOSTLE PAUL šŸ˜?

The reality is, the Bible does not forbid spanking, but neither does it demand it, hence I repeat my own words "we do have other methods", such as:

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
Ephesians 6:4

Here is a question:
Is using the "rod" always bring about discipline? How about the opposite, is not using a "rod" will always bring about an ungodly child?

The answer is no.
You get many testimonies, especially from the 20 century, where the child hates his father for beating him like an unwanted mule.

What about not rewarding them, for every stupid thing they do, withhold something nice from me, like dinner.

"Western Christian apathy towards North Korea leads to persecution in China."

There are consequences for being an ignorant church, every time we forget to pray for North Korea, to tell other people about North Korea, this is what happens.

If this is true of your church, then you are guilty too.