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Originally Posted by Koinonia

I more or less agree with you and had the same impression. But we should also give him some credit. Think of how disruptive it must have been for him--a prominent elder in a prominent LC--to break ties and start to feel his own way. He's on the journey.

I can only imagine how he is being characterized and slandered now. Ambitious, charismatic, always doing his own thing, a work within the work, attracting people to follow after himself, nothing new, everything from the ministry etc., etc.

Originally Posted by Terry

One more descriptive word that would be characterized of such brothers is individualistic. Of course I tend to see it more as an unwillingness to sacrifice principles for the group.

Notice how none of these demeaning characteristics of ministers, apparently so treacherous in the LC's, is ever critiqued in the Bible. Sounds a whole lot like all the Apostles! I bet the Judaizers perfected all of these accusations and many more with Apostle Paul.