The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum The Holy Spirit and His role in the interpretation of Scripture

First of all Tom, you wrote that this person is a "fairly new Christian". What initially comes to my mind is have you made an effort to ascertain whether this person is actually a true believer; does he have a credible profession of faith? From what very little you have revealed about this person's view(s) concerning how the Spirit functions within a believer in regard to guiding him/her to comprehend, embrace and practice the inspired truth of God; the Bible, I must admit that I found myself skeptical immediately.

In short, although it would be interesting to know what this person's Pneumatology is, my main and deep concern is whether this person is actually regenerate. All else is secondary.

Secondly, I am a bit confused about this mention of Rob Bell, that popular heretic of Mars Hill Bible Church. Is the idea that Peter began to sink because he, Peter, didn't have enough faith in himself what Bell teaches? It would certainly fit.