Shaking Up Pulpits

It’s Wednesday, January 29, 2025, and God is still on the Throne! Interestingly though, in January of 2021, I mailed Mark of Excellence newsletters to 24 local pastors warning them of God’s judgment against them for false teaching. Only four years later, half of those pastors are no longer in pulpits in Titusville. I’m just saying that pastors should take notice about these warnings. But will they, or will they stomp their feet like insolent children and stand firm on their false doctrines. God won’t put up with it for long. Pastors, for your sake open your stubborn eyes and see what God is providing.

“He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.”
(2 Thessalonians 1:8 NIV)

God understands that the false teachers don’t like the vessel that God is delivering His message through … me. But He doesn’t care. He doesn’t need their permission to choose whoever He wants. Unlike those false teachers, I’m unwilling to provoke God against me. But listen, this is not an easy job. Thankfully, God has my back. “Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘I have put my words in your mouth.’” (Jeremiah 1:9 NIV)

This is what the Prophet Jeremiah said and my own heart echoes it. “But if I say, ‘I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9 NIV)

Well, if the Lord wants to shake up the pulpits, then I’m all in. We can do it the nice way or God can exact His judgment. It’s up to you!

Attached are two pages from the 2021 Mark of Excellence newsletters. The pastor report card gives an outline of the top ten areas where false doctrines need to be reviewed in the churches. The page of Scriptures about false teachers will hopefully serve as a reminder of what God deems as appropriate punishment for those who teach falsely.

Correct & Refute Those Who Oppose It:

• “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.” (2 Timothy 4:2 NIV)
• “He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.” (Titus 1:9 NIV)