TheIrish's Blog

So I've been around Godtube for a while, (that's a slight understatement), but something I see continues to disturb me to the point that I thought I would throw out a couple of thoughts and see what everyone else thinks. It seems like we Christians really do love to accuse people of being false teachers. You see it all over the place, and you see people arguing about it all the time. Every well-known pastor on the website has been accused of leading people away from God in at least a couple of comments. A few of them have had entire videos made just to point out how they are secretly in league with Satan. I'm sorry if I get under anyone's skin with this, but I just think that as the Body of Christ, we could be doing so much more with our time.
Now I just want to make it clear that I'm not denying that there are false teachers out there, I definitely have my opinion on a few well known speakers, as I'm sure we all do, and I would also venture to guess that there are several people that we would all agree on. The thing is I think that a lot of times we get caught up in our zeal and end up attacking people instead of trying to show them that they are wrong. Let's face it, there's a pretty big difference between saying, "I disagree with what you're saying, I just don't see how your theology is biblical" and "You're a heretic! You're leading countless Christians to follow you into the fiery pits of hell!!!"
I guess what I'm trying to say is two things. First, we should remember that false teachers are God's children too. We need to be ready to defend against false teachings, but I think we should each focus more on protecting our home churches and children from false teachers instead of trying to rip them a philosophical new one. Secondly, I think that we need to remember what history teaches us about false teachers: God will deal with them. He's kind of protective like that. We just need to make sure that our own lives and those that have asked us to keep accountable are good. God will do His righteous judgment thing when the time comes.
Anyway, that's all I wanted to say, I just hope that if anything, we can be more respectful and graceful in dealing with people we believe are heretics. That's all.

Peace and love all,
TheIrish

I know that everyone's favorite book is the bible (obviously!), but I also suggest that everyone takes time to read other books by some of the most famous theologians. CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, and St Augustine have written some of the best works that take about God and his mercy, I suggest everyone checks them out if they haven't already.