Just outside Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a theme park called “Dollywood” that is owned by country music legend, Dolly Parton. Besides being a singer and a theme park owner, Parton is also an author. Her autobiography is entitled Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. On the back of that book is this quote: “I am not a very religious person – although I grew up with a very religious background. ‘Let every man seek his own salvation’ is one of my favorite scriptures. . . .” Well, by all indications Parton is a gifted singer, actress and business person, but she is an extremely poor theologian.

First of all, the only thing wrong with that scriptural quotation is that it is not in the Bible. Secondly, what the bible has to say about salvation is totally opposite of what that quote says.…