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Originally Posted by OBW
Without referring to any particular teaching or writing of Nee, I have come to realize that Nee generally had an idea where he wanted to go when he started into any particular analysis of scripture. His command or rhetorical devices was put to good use causing the hearer/reader to miss where he misdirected us to accept things as according to the Bible where they were not. And as someone else has pointed out, he often used stories to make his point. So it is not the scripture that supports his positions, but a good-sounding story.
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Good points. The other day, I was skimming though
Do All to the Glory of God. What caught my attention the most were the pages upon pages of "advice" that Nee presented. There is a very noticeable lack of references to the Bible. In that book, Nee discusses all kinds of things - marriage, family, friendship, recreation - you name it. Others have written entire books on each of these subjects. But not Nee. It seems he thought that he had the definitive insight into all of these topics. It doesn't take much to realize that Nee was doing nothing more than presenting his own opinion as fact, and he indeed had and still has an audience who takes no issue with that.
It goes without saying that people do need stories and examples that they can relate to. But it seems the pattern with Nee is that these things really got him sidetracked, sometimes in bizarre ways. In a quote I posted on a different thread that is linked in my last post, Nee describes a friend that he knew. This friend had met a Hindi man who could supposedly predict the future. Nee presents this story to his audience as "proof" that humans have an unrealized "latent" power in their soul. Obviously, Nee was standing on shaky ground with some of these subjects to begin with, but engaging in pure speculation based upon what a "friend of a friend" said is difficult for anyone to take seriously. Unfortunately, LCers are not willing to approach Nee's ministry with any level of criticism, and that is a big problem.
It's a good thing that LCers aren't completely aware of all the teachings that they are following "absolutely". They might be a bit surprised if not shocked.