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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
To me it depends on where those "popcorn testimonies" are getting their source. If it's sourced in a man, then yeah. But if "popcorn" people are speaking according to the Anointing and there's real life and genuine help being conveyed, that's profitable.
Over time one knows whether or not the speaking is bringing them into closer fellowship with Christ and helping them walk in spirit or not.
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I don't care how much anyone wraps their (or others') words in outward signs of exuberance or of deep emotional impact, you can't just presume "anointing" if the source of what raised the outward evidence is polluted. Said in a different way, if you are speaking from a polluted source (and unless you are speaking against the pollution in that source) then any claim of anointing is suspect, at best. That means that anything that impresses you positively will be more likely to be given the mantle of "anointing."
And returning to my comments on well-trained sources, I do not presume that no one else can make a useful statement. And if it reasonably fits with whatever scripture might be applicable and/or mentioned, that is good. But I would never consider that to be a preferable source since it would be, by its very nature, more subject to wandering from the center of truth.
As for real-life and genuine help, when I look at the LRC landscape, I cannot find lasting evidence that there is any such thing. Maybe on an individual basis for a time. But if "fruit that remains" is the criteria on which we track things, then anything that arises from the teachings of the LRC should be suspect. Just because something is/was appealing does not grant it a pass.
I'm not trying to squelch anything. But I think that being too strong in favor of practices from a group with so many bad practices and doctrines is a spiritually dangerous place to be. It is a position that needs more than feelings. This is what I had to do for myself years ago to begin to see how much the fog in Lee's garlic room hid.