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Originally Posted by Nell
On the other hand, we have been told what to read and what not to read before. I will check out Peter McCullough for myself. Thanks, Ohio, for the tip.
When Lee told us not to read “Latent Power of the Soul” by Nee, then “Against the Tide” a Nee biography by Angus Kinnear, I went directly to the bookstore and bought the books and read them cover to cover almost in one sitting!
Nell
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Good for you,
Nell! 45+ years ago, June of 1976, I was much more "compliant" than you, and I went home and threw Kinnear's book away.
When confusion troubled the churches of God, Apostle Paul never told people what not to read, rather he said to "
prove by testing the will of God" (Romans 12.2) and to "
test all things, holding on to what is true and good." (I Thess 5.21)
If our exodus from the LC's taught us anything, it is that we should investigate all prevailing narratives. We must have our own faith, not a second-hand faith from others. We should be like the Bereans who investigated. (Acts 17.10-11) We should never again be trapped by group think from those who controlled all the information we received.
During these insane days, real truth comes with a price. I no longer listen to "repeating heads." I only listen to those with skin in the game, who relay their message at some personal cost to themselves. This is exactly how the early church existed, flourished, and found the truth.