I regularly read or hear scathing reviews of Christian authors, teachers, in addition to pastors.
While it's correct to approximate Christian teachers (1 John 4:1), nosotros must approximate them fairly, without assumptions, sarcasm, exaggeration, or mockery (Colossians 4:6).
Don't trust information from critics who:
1. Accuse other Christians based on words or phrases taken out of context.
2. Accuse others based on what they "meant," non what they said.
3. Accuse others based on a random judgement or 2 instead of their overall teaching.
4. Use sarcasm or mockery to unwrap imitation teachings.(1)
When someone criticizes a instructor (or anyone else) inward whatsoever of these 4 ways, they are violating Scripture, in addition to nosotros cannot trust their motives (Ephesians 4:29; Galatians 6:1).
If I desire to know whether a well-known Christian is pedagogy error, I abide by a source that explains their imitation pedagogy amongst gentleness, grace, maturity, in addition to well-documented quotes given inward context.(2)
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(1) If yous kickoff listening to a video or reading an article, in addition to the speaker/author starts resorting to sarcasm or mockery, yous tin move certain that he has real picayune Christian work organization for the somebody he's critiquing. It's an immature, manipulative cast of argumentation.
(2) My favorite resources for this move are Got Questions, Christian Research Institute, in addition to Bible Thinker because I receive got e'er flora their critiques fair-minded, well-documented, in addition to balanced. They volition oft part positive things most the somebody existence critiqued, fifty-fifty if they must conclude that the person's overall pedagogy is unhealthy.
See also: Discernment or Slander in addition to Government Courts Shouldn't move Fairer than Christians.
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