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Originally Posted by Orthodoxy
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Bernard, from his books that I have read, is very slick. He tries hard to make UPC doctrine seem like typical Christianity. To outside Christians he wants us to be accepted instead of being called a cult.
In one of his books I read I was reading and thinking man this is great stuff and then I get to the very last chapter and he has just a few paragraphs saying how we still have to have water baptism and speaking in tongues to be saved. To me that is a little deceptive.
Here is a debate between Bernard and a trinitarian preacher. At one point in the debate Bernard tries to say that the UPC worships the same God that the trinitarians do but they just have a different explanation. The trinitarian would not accept that and said that Bernard worshiped a different God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq3KgEPFMpQ
Now, having seen this clip it makes me wonder. Would Bernard, after trying to convince the trinitarian that they do worship the same God, would he (Bernard) say that the man is saved? This seems a little slick to me. He wasn't mainstream Christianity to accept him but not the other way around.
I am not sure what clip it is but the debate is worth watching.
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