[UntoHim]

J. Gordon Melton was one of the original "since every group has some kind unorthodox or theologically off base teaching or practice, then every group is a cult, and since every group is a cult then nobody's a cult" guys. Actually biblical orthodoxy means absolutely nothing to this man. This is why he could declare Witness Lee as a sound, biblical teacher, and the Local Church as a "genuine expression of biblical Christianity". He paved the way for people like Hank Hanegrraaf to give groups like the Local Church a clean bill of theological health. Of course this kind of caving in to unorthodox groups has earned both of these men a well-deserved trip to the "experts to be avoided" zone.
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