teknomom

Charis,

That’s the issue with Joyner: his teachings are affecting how you interpret scripture. Lewis, Bunyan et al wrote stories, but how many people interpret scripture by them?

I often tell people that you can’t fall off the edge of a cliff if you never take that first step in the wrong direction. It seems harmless in itself, but it’s the beginning of the wrong path. So it is with using man to interpret scripture instead of using scripture to judge the writings of man.

I am told even by strangers that I have the gift of discernment. So when I tell you Joyner smells like a dragon to me, I’m not just saying it to spoil anyone’s party. Satan masquerades as an angel of light, so he’s not going to hold up a sign that says “Here I am, stay away!” but “Oh, don’t listen to those people, there’s no harm in this.”

I strongly recommend a discernment site called Lighthouse Trails Research. People send them hate mail for being negative or “trashing a good ministry”, but the truth is they care deeply about people and expose the ways Satan is destroying the churches. It’s a thankless job to be sure. But I would urge you to spend some time there and read up on Joyner and many other voices that combine to turn people away from the Anchor that is the written Word of God.