There is a vast difference in being helpful or being harmful. If you are tasked with confronting the hard stuff it requires attacking the problem without attacking the person.

If any one of you thinks that you can do my job, then prove it. Show me how you confront the false theologies of another pastor that you are sure is teaching falsely. First, you have to be certain of their error. You can only do that by talking with the Lord at length about it. You must know that you are not the one with false theology in that area. Then, you must have direction from God to address the false theology. When you have the insight, courage, and permission to move forward, you must do it wanting to rid the person of the false theology more than to prove something else.

It takes care and strategy to dissect the error from the person without wounding them unnecessarily. Now, listen, if they aren’t willing to deal with their false theology and expect to go on teaching it to another generation, then you will have to approach things with more emphasis. That’s where I am with most of you pastors. I’m still following God’s direction carefully but don’t be surprised if He decides to unveil things in a way that exposes you more publicly. I think each of you knows that I tried to address the issues privately many times first (exactly as God led me to).

Prove to me that you’ve got what it takes to do my job. Show me how you disprove false doctrine. Steve Yuke, how would you explain to the false teachers that women in ministry are not inferior to men? How would you explain that they are wrong in a way that convinces them that everything that they have taught on the subject has faulty foundation? Show me that you can be the antagonist when God sends you. It’s not as easy as you think.

Listen, most of you guys have plenty of things that I could mock you about to defame you. I’m not trying to do that. I’m trying to fix what is broken. If you won’t listen to me, please listen to God. Seek Him and know true doctrine. It’s easier to learn from Him than to be burdened by me. But He knows if you are doing that or not. Mostly not!