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Originally Posted by OBW
So, while not based on some detailed analysis of scripture, it would seem that the LRC almost had a conflict of definitions by claiming that all can prophesy while needing to keep things "in order." Mel P may not have done a good job of it. And the tension between keeping things on track while maintaining a false sense of openness probably was a real problem in all places. But it is more a testimony to the error of thinking that everyone is a prophet than a charge to lay at the feet of those whose responsibility was maintaining order. They tried to do it without directly saying that you really can't all prophesy.
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Leaving aside what Paul actually meant by "all can prophesy," the LC way of liberty in speaking was still just another way of service. Many churches have modified that pattern over time. They had too.
The bigger issue for me is leaving the scripture itself for LSM's weekly handouts. The elders cannot minister according the saints need, nor do they even consider what they need nor what the Lord wants to speak.