Lin

“In working with the cults I found out that most didn’t care for truth. They seemed to prefer to check their brains at the door and parrot the party line without really thinking. It was actually dangerous for them to reason through the hard questions because it would cause them to make a decision about what they had accepted as their faith. Those who did think for themselves eventually got out of the cult they were in.”

Same with other non salvic doctrines like comp, tithing, etc. If you have made a career preaching/teaching such things then it is that much harder to even contemplate there is another interpretation that is biblical. When your income and identity is dependent on something being true, you are not about to be cornered with hard questions.

That is why I am more leery of paid “professional” Christians and what they teach. I think we all have a duty to test everything and be a Berean.

Just think about it for a moment what would happen if John McArthur (one of the worst about twisting scripture when it comes to women) would admit he had been wrong about many of his interpretations. Imagine the fallout with not only his followers, but seminary students, professors, his publisher, conference speaking gigs, etc. His income would drop overnight. Maybe even be halved.