Josh Hassel

From milk to meat: is your church serving you, or is it serving itself?.

From Milk to Meat: Is Your Church Serving You, or Is It Serving Itself?

The sermon uses 1 John 2 to frame a topical message on spiritual maturity. While commendably encouraging Scripture engagement and service, it suffers from a very low text-to-talk ratio, a pretextual hermeneutic, a soteriology grounded in decisionalism, and an unbiblical practice of open communion. The focus is anthropocentric (on the believer's growth and activity) rather than Christocentric (on the finished work of Christ that enables growth).

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A young tree, standing alone in a vast meadow, its thin branches reaching skyward as if grasping for the holy spirit. the sun shines brilliantly overhead, illuminating the sapling's delicate green leaves, while the surrounding grass remains shrouded in shadow.

The Helper We Ignore: A Review of ‘101 of The Holy Spirit’

The sermon correctly teaches the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, using John 16 as its basis. However, it falls into fundamental error by (1) teaching a synergistic model of salvation in its closing appeal, placing the decisive choice in the sinner's hands, and (2) creating a false dichotomy between conviction and guilt, incorrectly stating that guilt is never from God.

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