Dry wells, fruitless trees, raging waves, wandering stars, brute beasts, hideous stains, vomit-eating dogs, mud-loving pigs, and ravenous wolves—that is how the Bible describes false prophets (cf. 2 Peter 2; Jude). The New Testament reserves its harshest words of condemnation for those who would falsely claim to speak revelation from God. And what the Bible condemns we must also condemn—doing so with equal vigor and force. But apply those same epithets to today’s false teachers, and you’re likely to be labeled as uncharitable or even unchristian. The ecumenical spirit of the age shrinks back
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