Preservation—The Teaching of Scripture

Sometimes we can become so preoccupied with defending a certain truth over against the attacks of heretics and with refuting the errors of such heretics that we almost lose sight of the positive teaching of Scripture in the process. To do this is, of course, a mistake. We must by all means be aware of and be firmly founded in the truth in a positive way. If we are not, then ultimately we will not even be able to recognize false doctrine when we are confronted by it. This is also true with...