No Accomodation of Bad Doctrine

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ” does not mean that you accommodate yourself to wrong teaching and doctrine, that you say nothing when falsehood is being propagated…”

—Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899–1981, Welsh Protestant minister and medical doctor).

HT: The Berean Call

Fraternity Over Orthodoxy

According to Don and Joy Veinot of Midwest Christian Outreach:

After I spoke at a church this past weekend, I was asked, “How is it that so many celebrity preachers, celebrity Christian authors, and celebrity pastors take the stage with known (and popular) false teachers?” There are, of course, many possible reasons. It could be they seek to maintain or add to their own personal popularity. It may boost their ego to speak to large crowds of 25-50,000, or it may boost their personal wealth when they can sell books well into the seven-digit range.

Another reason is most likely because of personal friendship between pastor and celebrity. (continue reading article)