Surgical Scribes: Last week a friend attempting to navigate through a fog of calvinistic conditionalism mentioned how in dialogue with one of their chieftains, Matthew 23:2, when attempting to question what seemed to be a message in total antithesis to the ‘grace gospel’ being promoted by their website, &c., made this statement in his defense. “Brother, there are five phases to God’s dealings and relationships with His children, and they easily explain what we may initially think are contradictions.” There are five phases to God’s dealings? That’s hilarious! How are we sure that there are not any more? These are indeed some spiritually deep waters that so very few know absolutely anything about? So thankful for these ‘guides’ that can point the way! What would we do without them? II Kings 7:3-4. But really, who comes up with this stuff? Difficult not to mock this sort of hacksaw ‘christianity’ as some surgical scribe compartmentalizes the scriptures to his own presets. Sad fact is that the religion of man is full of this sort of human logic blended with the language of scripture, and let’s face it, the “people love to have it so.” Jeremiah 5:31. Talk about limiting the limitless ONE with a witness! MPJ