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I concluded that my last sentence may have seemed a bit harsh. And one of the things that I do not want to be implying is that there is nothing coming "from the throne of God." That is far from what I am saying. But it is too consistent with standard LRC usage to say that and mean that there is only one such ministry coming from the throne — and that would be Lee's.

I believe that to the extent that any ministry can be said to flow from the throne of God, many of them can make that claim. And from a wide spectrum of ministries and backgrounds. Either that or there is nothing so special as to deserve that claim.

And when I say that, I am admitting that Lee's could have been "from the throne of God" in the same way that Swindoll's, Alcorn's, Bell's, Carson's, and even Swaggert's could be said to be. I include the fallen minister Jimmy Swaggert because he, like Lee, should have stepped down at one point, probably never to return.

I continue to see too many evidences that Lee's ministry, if it ever legitimately existed, should have ended before the exile from the mainland to Taiwan. Failing that, it should have ended with his exile from the churches in Taiwan. But, again, it did not happen.

None of these, in themselves, make his teachings wrong. But the kind of mentality that can continue in this way is the kind of mentality that will minister long beyond his expiration date. Lee's was probably in the 50s. His "high peaks" are from the rotted, fermented scrap heap that followed.