"Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time." --Amos 5:13
For years, I have interpreted that Scripture to mean that I am to just keep silent and not make any religious rebukes during obvious times of evil, such as Pride Month (June), and the Christmas season (which I define as follows: Staring with the coming of Santa Claus at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, until Christmas afternoon, when most festivities are wrapping up). The idea of withholding religious "rebukes", I admit, came from Darwin Fish, in his wording that on some occasions, "public rebuke is not wise", while citing Amos 5:13. I may be totally wrong on his interpretation, and I am willing to be corrected (Proverbs 6:23).
However, now that it's July 1, I feel somewhat free to go back to proclaiming Truth, which, yes, includes exposing heresy. Here's a list of heretics I've discovered lately:
Wesley Huff (ecumenical towards Christians and Muslims)
New Creation Mission Ministries (cites several false teachers)
Josh Farrell (Calvinist)
The Lord's Giant (markets the Word for profit, against 2 Corinthians 2:17, hold on to this one, this will be a trend)
In fact, let me list the rest I wrote down as going against 2 Corinthians 2:17, just to simplify things:
Roughcutmen.org
Vlad Savchuk (maybe Lana as well)
Faith and Dating Explained
Goded
Traci Coston
The Heart Posture Collective
James Bell (possibly, he has a paid Substack option)
Bryce Crawford (maybe, he has videos behind a paywall)
Jeepin for Jesus (maybe, because he has merch and donate links)
Colin Elliot, aka R3alism (in addition to refute the notion that God sends people to Hell, Matthew 25:42 is an explicit example)
The Bible tells us to "prove all things" (I Thessalonians 5:21), and as I've said before, once I look at one religious content creator, the algorithm thinks I'm interested, and sends me even more religious content creators. Are they all heretics? To be honest, it's hard to tell. They all seem to be in the Truth.
Hmm...Jesus says in John 15:19, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own". Anyone who is loved by the world, by definition, is of the world. What about true believers? Jesus says they're hated (Matthew 10:22, Mark 13:13, Luke 21:17, as well as John 15:19, etc.). Would a worldly algorithm send me true believers, who are hated by the world? Something to consider.
Anyway, I'm back. I have some ideas on what I want to write on next (the world's reaction to American daily life during the World Cup is very telling). Stay tuned.
