Most Christian theologies have defined Mormonism a «cult» in more the sense of the former - tenets of Mormon theology differ widely from Orthodox Christianity when it comes to key issues
like Biblical authority, the trinity, divinity and claims of Christ, total depravity, redemption and salvation... on and on.
Not exact matches
At many points Wesley sounds
like a son of the Reformation in his emphasis on the finality of
biblical authority and in his desire to be, in the much quoted phrase, a homo unius libri (a «man of one book»).
But these guys draw their inspiration from people
like John Piper and Mark Driscoll who act upon their «
authority» on a «
biblical» basis.
Traditionalists,
like Harold Lindsell, have been quick to challenge such an approach, for it undercuts
Biblical authority.14 But feminists as well,
like Nancy Hardesty, are aware of the implications of this position and have sought alternate approaches: