is this the same David Mathews? Hello davey…..is this you in 1997?………If any of these flaws are present in David Mathews, he might make a mistake in his teachings, his arguments and his assertions.(no sh!t dave) As I am David Mathews, and I desire that you learn a critical and skeptical attitude towards your authorities, I encourage you to question my own conclusions, my reasoning, and my evidences. You might find errors which I have missed, or you might possess knowledge relative to my own ignorance.(found lots & lots) Under no condition should you assume that David Mathews is teaching the truth, even if you respect him and trust his judgment.(no chance there, dave)
Knowing that David Mathews is fallible and prone to mistakes, I would like to challenge you to investigate your own self. “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Have you ever made an error in accepting false doctrine? Are you absolutely certain that you currently possess an absolute knowledge and understanding of the truth? Do you judge your neighbor by the same standard that you judge yourself? When you teach others, do you present yourself as a fallible human or as an infallible defender of truth?
Christians can make mistakes, and Christians have often taught error. Therefore, when you go about teaching the gospel and criticizing your neighbors, listen to your neighbors when they teach you and criticize you. “You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?” (Romans 2:21). Confess your faults and become conscious of your own fallibility. Search for the truth constantly, and honor your neighbor when you discover that he does have a knowledge of the truth. Respect the denominations for their own imperfect knowledge of the truth, and proclaim to the same that you will humbly teach them even while you possess an imperfect knowledge of the truth. Seek only to make your neighbor a follower of God and a lover of truth.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/agora/3958/example.htm
Could this be our same David Mathews??
