The Intolerance of Intolerance
In 2 Timothy 4:2-2, the apostle Paul instructs Timothy, his son in the ministry to "preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching." The reason that Paul gives for these clear instructions follows in verses 3 & 4: "for the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths." It is clear in Scripture that the standard for judging truth and sound doctrine is God's Word itself. Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for...
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