This is from an article entitled "Losing my Discernment or I left my mind and Bible outside the door of the church" which can be found in its entirety at http://www.letusreason.org/Pent54.htm
The word of God is proactive and reactive. It is to instruct and guide but it also is to seek error and expose it, to convict and rebuke something that raises its ugly head against the truth. And that means leaders and workers in the church must speak up specifically on issues that affect our lives. that is what a true shepherd does, not a hireling who only wants the blessings and the money.
The Hegelian dialectic HAPPENS TO BE THE MOST POPULAR MODEL OF THINKING TODAY. Instead of a didactic way to think that helps us come to the right conclusions we circumnavigate the truth. Instead of having truth be absolute and objective many are practicing a postmodern mindset REACHING HOMOGENIZED CONCLUSIONS. Christ told us the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with our whole heart, soul, and mind. Do you love Him with your mind? Or have you listened to these devious men who tell you not to use your mind.
Lets look at what this new unbiblical tolerance is doing to our spiritual mind.
Today one can believe Jesus was only a prophet, a man and a great teacher, but doesn’t have to be God in the flesh to be a Christian. Since this is one of the core doctrines of Christianity it actually makes them a non-Christian. But it doesn’t seem to matter anymore, all one has to do is believe in Jesus. One only needs to say Jesus is their savoir and never really know what He saved them from or who He actually is. That’s LIBERALISM
What you now commonly hear people from peoples mouths are “we should not judge,” “they are part of the church,” or to stop questioning. They repeat the worn out cliché’ “don’t touch the anointed, leave God’s prophets alone.” GROW UP! We are told it is the mature that are spiritual and rightly judge Heb.5:13. those who are carnal and babes do not judge.
What we don’t hear is--Did you just hear what he said, that's not in the bible that goes against it? Few will react this way; many do not even grasp what some of the false teachers are actually saying because they do not pay attention. It's like they are half deaf and see nothing. “I never heard him say that in 20 years,” they say. Their listening level is minimal, they are not trained to REALLY listen carefully as they do not know what the word of God actually means to be discerning. They listen for the sugar (blessings) and ignore the wheat (challenges and truth). Tell me something sweet and leave the roughage out. What a diet to live by, they are malnourished unable to have the strength to resist or react.
Mark Rouleau
rouleau-law@afo.net