Read the text
Begin with the referenced verses and read each passage in its full biblical context.
TEST EVERY DOCTRINE BY THE WORDSALVATION
SALVATION
FALSE TEACHINGS
These examinations expose teachings that contradict Scripture, document the evidence, and set the relevant passages in their full biblical context.
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”
Romans 16:17–18 (KJV)
Examine the teaching.
Hold fast to the truth.
Test the claim
State the teaching accurately, compare Scripture with Scripture, and make the reasoning visible.
Guard the church
Expose error without turning discernment into gossip, spectacle, or careless personal accusation.
CURRENT EXAMINATIONS
Doctrine under review
5 matching case files
All categoriesChristian LivingChristologyChurch and MinistryDoctrine of GodEschatologyHumanitySalvationSpiritual PracticesWorship
CASE 02Published
SalvationChristian Universalism
The claim that every person will finally be saved through Christ, with or without repentance and faith, contradicts Scripture’s conditions of salvation and its final distinction between eternal life and everlasting punishment.
Matthew 7:13–14 · Matthew 25:31–46 · Mark 1:14–15
CASE 07Published
SalvationInfant Baptismal Regeneration
The claim that baptism regenerates, justifies, or makes an infant a Christian apart from personal repentance and faith reverses the apostolic pattern in which people hear the gospel, believe in Christ, and then receive baptism.
Ezekiel 36:25–27 · Matthew 28:18–20 · Mark 10:13–16
CASE 09Published
SalvationOnce Saved Always Saved
The claim that a past profession guarantees salvation regardless of later unbelief, rebellion, or apostasy contradicts Jesus and the apostles, who command believers to abide, endure, and take heed lest they fall.
Romans 16:17–18 · Genesis 3:1–4 · Matthew 24:12–13
CASE 14Published
SalvationPurgatory, Indulgences, and Post-Death Satisfaction
The claim that post-death purification or temporal punishment remains for the justified, and can be reduced by indulgences or works of the living, conflicts with Christ’s once-for-all offering and Scripture’s order of death and judgment.
Luke 16:19–31 · Luke 23:39–43 · Matthew 12:31–32
CASE 19Published
SalvationTorah Observance as a Requirement for Salvation
Requiring Gentile Christians to keep Mosaic covenant ordinances for justification, salvation, or full covenant standing contradicts the Jerusalem council and the New Testament gospel of righteousness through faith in Christ.
Jeremiah 31:31–34 · Matthew 5:17–20 · Acts 15:1–29