With an air of superiority, he proclaimed, "I wouldn't read that person's books because I possess got discernment!"
The individual he referenced was solidly biblical, but several sensationalist websites had slandered him past times taking things he said out of context (Proverbs 16:28).
It reminded me of times I've confused discernment amongst sloppy research. Decades agone equally a novel Christian, I avoided C.S. Lewis because of warnings against his teachings!*
Instead of doing my homework on Lewis, I listened to a instructor who scrutinized minor, insignificant quotes from Lewis patch ignoring his consistently biblical pedagogy
I'm non saying that nosotros shouldn't estimate teachers who are not pedagogy Bible truths (Ephesians 5:11). But nosotros tin produce that past times examining their overall pedagogy together with the means they live. We don't require to scrutinize together with extrapolate fry details which don't accurately stand upwards for them.
Yes, I've arrogantly idea I possessed discernment at times, but I was exactly trusting others to produce my enquiry together with my thinking for me (Proverbs 11:9).
Let's non brand this mistake, dearest Christians, because it's slander!
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* No 1 is 100% accurate. We should estimate error wherever it is found, both from biblical together with imitation teachers (Acts 17:11). But fry errors produce non brand someone a imitation teacher. I don't handgrip amongst every item of Lewis' teaching, but overall, his books accurately together with stunningly acquaint God, organized religious belief together with the Bible.
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