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Originally Posted by houston
They can never be critical of another preacher, ever.
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C, would you like me to refer to you here with your first name? Mine is only used by my mother, and she is dead. Anyway, in this very thread I post my views on a Brother Stoneking sermon[s]. Through the years I have tapped him on various items which he has dropped the watermelon. But, let me explain, I know we have so many in forums and Christianity who are defenders of Truth. Who want to be washed and clean, who defend candy stick doctrines to the death. Also those who will fight like wolves to tear down traditions held by Apostolic Pentecostals with justifications that these traditions are man made.
Yet, where does it get them? Oh, spending hours in circling the drain called religion on the internet? Discussing and critiquing what each other believe is good thing. I have that of my own self, by people who love me and people who hate me. It is all good, and needful. My main point here is that this place isn't church, it isn't a congregation church family. Yes, some of us have been posting for years together, even where we know each other on a first name basis. We have learned to love each other, and also to avoid each other. Again, this is not a church. Yet, in churches a Brother Stoneking is a VISITOR. The elders, the pastor, the church family, regulate what they want to keep and what they want to discard. Because they are in a church family with ministerial governance, all under one head, Christ.
Brother Stoneking preaches about NASA seeing the New Jerusalem coming towards the earth, or voices from Hell in Siberia. Then that is the job and discretion of the ministry to shut it down or pass it around. So, making a picture of a golden calf with Brother Stoneking's name on it? Funny, maybe, but let's see someone do that with the brother's pastor.
Anyone understanding me?
I'm serious, even preaching from preachers you know and love dearly can be found a whoops. My friend, Brother Charles Mahaney ( no longer with us) said some things that made me raise an eyebrow. Same with some other preachers who were in high positions. Also i was told some Whopping Jiminy Crickets over a meal at a few Cracker Barrels. But that is what fellowship, and ministry is all about. Brother Stoneking isn't going to change because of my critiquing his stuff, or me creating a meme concerning him. I call a spade a spade, anyone who knows me knows that real well. But, should he be covered in tar, with feathers, and ran out of the movement on a rail? No, pray for me, pray for him, pray for the movement, and pray that someone CLOSE, RESPECTED, to him, speaks to Brother Stoneking about filtering and researching things he tosses over the pulpit. Like Votivesoul mentioned, Brother Stoneking loves to get Pentecostals to worship, and especially he LOVES the NAME of Jesus. Those are good things. Brothers Charlie Mahaney, Irvin Baxter Jr, Marvin Treece, might of hit some stumps, and dropped some watermelons, but they love, and loved
Acts 2:38, and the Apostolic movement. I have had my differences with these brothers, but I would rather have them on my side in a fight, then an Army of Trinitarians. By all means critique, examine, but remember some of these brothers keep the main thing the main thing. Someone posted that Brother Stoneking has catches his beating due to the long uncut hair holding authority power over angels. I would agree, but in Florida there has been that teaching here longer than Brother Stoneking.
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