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NASB | 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God's truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold, |
Subject: 'Reinvented' Gospel |
Bible Note: Hi, prayon; Another reason is even more troubling. According to pollster George Barna, only half of Protestant pastors even have a Biblical worldview. Barna defined this worldview as "believing that absolute moral truth exists, that it is based upon the Bible, and having a biblical view on six core beliefs (the accuracy of biblical teaching, the sinless nature of Jesus, the literal existence of Satan, the omnipotence and omniscience of God, salvation by grace alone, and the personal responsibility to evangelize)". In short, half the pastors re-invent the Gospel because they either don't know it or they don't believe it. I guess it's not too surprising that Barna found less than a tenth of "born again" believers have such a worldview. (www.barna.org, Barna Updates, 1/12/2004) Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |