This is hysterical. He just spent the first 13 bullet points tearing down anyone who dares to criticize him and then he claims they are the one tearing down. What absolute garbage. Let us be clear here, however. We tear down false teachings like hyper-grace, prosperity gospel, word faith, gold dust, gem stones, angel feathers, glory clouds, angels of abundant harvest, sneaky squid spirits, octopi spirits, psychic parlor tricks, clairvoyance being passed off as prophecy, leg growing schemes, fake healing ministries, 24-7 mandated prayer rooms, the entire IHOP model built by a predator for a predator, cult of personality pastorships, false apostolic authority paradigms, politics disguised as Christianity, the idolatry of dominionism, seeker friendly strategies, purpose driven church heresies, and probably a million other things I forget right now. These things should be torn down and by doing so, we build up the faith in those that were lost under false teaching in the real gospel of Jesus Christ.
'15. They mistake extra-biblical (meaning not explicitly addressed in the bible) with unbiblical, failing to heed the wisdom of Jonathan Edwards, who said, "we ought not to limit God where he has not limited Himself."' - Dr. Michael Brown
It seems we are getting into more minutia now, but I would be very curious what "extra-biblical" teachings he supports. Just saying it is not in the bible as a positive is not good theology. Brown and Charismaniacs do this all the time. Someone points out the sheer stupidity of saying there is a sneaky squid spirit and that is met with, God spoke through a donkey once! Yes, but not so you can be an ass when it comes to sound theology. Can God do whatever you are trying to defend? Of course, he is God! That does not mean He IS doing it. The real problem with extra-biblical, is it eventually gets placed on the same level as scripture. Bill Johnson and the experiential Christianity crew believes that what we experience is just as scriptural as the word and it is most certainly not. That is the larger point here. Why do you feel compelled to always go outside the parameters of scripture?
"16. They reject the spirit's inward transforming work because they don't like the outward packaging." - Dr. Michael Brown
In fairness to Dr. Brown, I can't tell what he is talking about here. I am afraid he may be simply trying to excuse the silliness of Charismania. If you think the gifts of tongues means screaming "shabba" and sputtering sentence fragments that is fine, but it is not biblical. Brown is always sensitive of the criticisms of the Brownsville demonic outpouring because he spoke at it. The outward packaging for this nonsense was convulsing and losing all control of one's body, you know, like when you are demon possessed. There was no "inner transformative" work of the Holy Spirit just like there was not one when people were rolling around on the ground and barking like dogs in Toronto. Brown constantly tries to diminish the arguments made against him and this is also fairly transparent in that regard.
"In short, in the words of Jesus, they strain out a gnat and swallow a camel (Matthew 23:24)." - Dr. Michael Brown
Perhaps discernment ministries just take the word of God more seriously than Dr. Brown. Pretending someone who stole 50 million dollars from the body of Christ while shipwrecking the faith of untold numbers is not straining out a gnat. Prosperity hucksters ruin people's faith every day by lying that God wants to bless their socks of for the right price. Dr. Brown likes to argue that if a teacher honestly believes that God will bless people if they give financially, that somehow makes the teaching more palatable. No, it is not, and it is not straining out a gnat. Exposing demonology hustlers are not straining out gnats. That is the strategy of Dr. Brown. Minimize the criticism to the size of a gnat so that you can pretend you are the one taking the high road when all you are doing is avoiding answering your critics. Remember in closing that Dr. Michael Brown calls himself the voice of moral sanity and spiritual clarity. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and has an international ministry. He insists on weighing in on nearly every Christian matter today. There is a reason why he has so many critics. They are not all cessationists. Maybe if he spent less time defending the indefensible and berating his critics, he might have a sliver of credibility. I used to hold out hope for him but that is fading with each unhinged tweet and ranting Facebook post. It gives me no joy to say it but mark and avoid beloved.
