I will, in my limited way, do my utmost to boil them down to their foundational errors and answer them with sound doctrine, truth, reason, and above all, scripture.
It is not my intention to speak about the individuals proclaiming such misinformation, there are ministries who do that. I will not be mentioning anyone by name, only addressing the ideas put forth. It seems to me that ideas have a way of being repainted, redressed, and returning to haunt us while men, at best, will have a stay of one hundred twenty years on this earth.
As per usual, I am formulating a structure for this discourse on the fly and I imagine it will change over time.
For now I will slog my way through one book or audio teaching at a time and pull out statements, doing my best to keep them in their context when necessary, and hold them up to the light of truth. I will not bother writing out any of the accurate statements I encounter, or I'd end up transcribing the entire work (and possibly incur a copyright violation,) for all intents and purposes anything the individual has to say which is accurate is also moot.
This will not be a fun blog to write. It will probably not be fun to read. I may set my sights on your favorite teacher or preacher. I may pull the proverbial rug out from under you and display to you that you've been believing a lie. But it is always better to know.
edit:
After posting I realized that I was taking mincing steps rather than address the situation in the broadside manner which appears to be my forte.
I cannot do it. I will be providing the author of the quotes and materials when I interact with them.
For now I will slog my way through one book or audio teaching at a time and pull out statements, doing my best to keep them in their context when necessary, and hold them up to the light of truth. I will not bother writing out any of the accurate statements I encounter, or I'd end up transcribing the entire work (and possibly incur a copyright violation,) for all intents and purposes anything the individual has to say which is accurate is also moot.
This will not be a fun blog to write. It will probably not be fun to read. I may set my sights on your favorite teacher or preacher. I may pull the proverbial rug out from under you and display to you that you've been believing a lie. But it is always better to know.
edit:
After posting I realized that I was taking mincing steps rather than address the situation in the broadside manner which appears to be my forte.
I cannot do it. I will be providing the author of the quotes and materials when I interact with them.
