There is room for the motivational speaker, charismatic preacher, solemn teacher, cut-throat minister, gentle encourager... the issue I’ve seen is when people don’t know what they are. A Christian Motivational speaker calling himself a teacher of the word won’t work very well.

You can learn from anyone. Chew the meat, spit out the bone. But it’s important for anyone with a microphone to know who they’re called to. Just as much as it’s important for those in the audience to identify when a speaker or message is not for them. Not false. Just not for you.

Speaking of false... while false teachers definitely exist & are many, some of the people we tag as false aren’t false. They preached something off or misinterpreted the scriptures. The message is false... not necessarily the person.

Btw you do the same thing sometimes... you get it wrong sometimes...only you don’t have thousands of people watching you do it. And yes they have greater responsibility because of their platform but that doesn’t exempt them from mistakes.

I often wonder what the solution is. When I see a wrong message do I start speaking about the preacher or about the message? If the goal is to educate the body of Christ, which is more effective? Calling people out? Countering false doctrines with real ones? Which is it?

In my short time on social media, I’ve seen very few times when calling out a preacher and calling them names accomplishes more than making believers discuss that minister for a while... only to move on and not actually learn what the correct doctrine is.

We’ll make a thread or list about who is right and who is wrong but we haven’t actually taught WHAT is right and WHAT is wrong. So the false message still has space to fester in the hearts of believers. And people have now been led to gossip and accuse.

It’s interesting. Maybe I’m wrong but when it comes to doctrines I believe aren’t correct, I think countering lies with truth seems like a more efficient way of solving the problem... as opposed to long threads dipped in malice, jealously and no grace at all.

In your own little corner of the internet, I would encourage you to share truth. Be less concerned about the person. Just share truth.

I’ve heard false messages that really confused my understanding of scripture in my early wake with God. The solution was that I then heard truthful messages and because I had spent time studying the word for myself, my spirit recognised the truth and rejected the lies.

And if God really leads you to call out a person, which I don’t think is impossible, check your heart. You can point out the wrong they’re doing in love. You can be stern and truthful, not compromising on the task God gave you, without being spiteful or malicious.

There’s a lot in this thread and I definitely did not intend to make a thread at all but I pray God speaks to you.