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Although I was providentially prevented from attending the recent GES conference on repentance, I have heard that it was a very fine conference. The following article grows out of an issue that I understand was raised at the conference. Introduction In Absolutely Free! A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation, I stated that the silence of

This article, which has been slightly edited and revised, was published originally under the title “Contextual Fallacies: Matthew 7:16,” in the Quarterly Journal of the Irenaeus Foundation Vol. 2, Issue 4 (Fall 1997): 18-20. By D. Scott Henderson “A text out of context is a pretext.” Most of us have heard this maxim. Yet how