Several years ago, false teacher Dan Corner posted slanderous accusations on his website against David Servant, labeling him as a false teacher due to a doctrinal disagreement over the subject of the security of a Christian’s salvation. Dan also put David’s life in danger by deliberately publishing his real name instead of the pseudonym David uses for security reasons.
David Servant contacted Dan Corner in the hope of resolving the conflict, but to no avail. To this day, Dan maliciously attacks David through the content on his website, Evangelical Outreach. Dan is also quick to condemn just about every other Bible teacher due to his very unique, fringe theology about the security of a Christian’s salvation.
Dan believes that if a genuine Christian commits the sin of lust, they will instantly lose their salvation and would go to hell if they died before repenting. He also believes that this same Christian could immediately regain their salvation if they were to repent. Ultimately, this means that a Christian could fall in and out of salvation on a daily basis and thousands of times during their lifespan. This strange teaching discounts God’s grace and is a far cry from the merciful and patient God revealed in Scripture.
Bible teacher David Servant addresses Dan Corner’s very strange views on this subject in the following in-depth article: Dan Corner’s Strange Acid Test
To read David’s views on the subject of a Christian’s security, you can read his book The Great Gospel Deception online for free.
Below is a portion of David Servant’s initial response to Dan Corner’s slanderous accusations:
Although we both teach against the doctrine of unconditional eternal security or “once-saved-always-saved,” Dan Corner believes that a Christian who lusts, for example, instantly dies spiritually, forfeits the indwelling Holy Spirit and loses sonship in Christ. If he was to die one second after lusting, he would be cast into hell according to Dan Corner.
I do not at all agree with Dan Corner in that regard simply because the Bible doesn’t teach such a strange doctrine. Certainly unrepentant adultery will prevent a Christian from inheriting God’s Kingdom when he stands judgment before Christ (see 1 Cor. 6:0-9-10), but a Christian who lusts does not instantly die spiritually and so on as Dan Corner teaches.
Dan Corner slanderously misrepresents my teaching, claiming that I teach that a Christian can occasionally and unrepentedly commit adultery, murder and so on, and still go to heaven (which I don’t believe or teach). And for this, he awarded me his “Skull and Crossbones Award.” I, as well as others, have done our best to try to persuade Dan Corner that he has misrepresented my teaching, but he apparently knows better what I teach than I do.
For no apparent reason, Dan Corner also posted my website pseudonym along with my actual name in his misrepresentation of my teaching, putting my life and the lives of Christians with whom I work in restricted nations in danger. So I immediately wrote to him.
In conclusion, is Dan Corner someone you should be listening to? No. Dan’s teaching will rob you of any legitimate assurance of salvation you might have and distort your view of God, causing you to fear being disowned by Him the moment you fail. Dan does not understand the grace of God and shows a lack of love through the way he maliciously attacks those who disagree with him.
