People have pointed out that the Dynamic Christian Ministries website doesn’t hesitate to take on the teachings of the churches of this world. Some wonder if we carry this even further by having bad feelings toward the leaders of these churches.
Let’s answer this question by looking at two prominent leaders in the English-speaking world: Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln. No one at DCM is suggesting that any of us can here in Big Sandy Texas be compared to these to leaders. We can only look to their virtues for example.
Churchill knew how to demonize his enemies. He showed utter contempt for the leaders of the Nazi party. He said they practiced “barbarous paganism.” He talked about their “aggression and conquest.” He noted that they took “perverted pleasure from persecution.” He didn’t stop there. He talked about their “pitiless brutality” and “murderous force.” And his points were well-taken in describing these evil monsters: Hitler, Himmler, Geobbels, et al.
Lincoln, on the other hand, had a different approach when he talked about his foes in the Civil War. In his second inaugural address, he stated, "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds...” (“Charity” is another word for “love.”)
Lincoln genuinely and lovingly looked at the rebellious South, not as evil monsters, but as wayward brothers! He longed for their return to the union. He lived for the day when all Americans would be reunited.
Lincoln’s example is the one that we at Dynamic Christian Ministries have attempted to follow because, when we look at people who teach and follow false doctrines, we don’t see evil monsters. We see wayward brothers. We don’t sentence them to everlasting torment in hell fire. (Listen to our broadcast on the subject of hell.) We believe that God will call these people into His truth at some time and that they will have the opportunity to accept the TRUE Jesus of the Bible some time in the future. In the meantime, we harbor no ill feelings toward them. We look forward to the day when all mankind will be united in God’s precious truth!
We will continue to teach against false teachings while extending love to and extending prayer for the world’s deceived. It is our hope that all who truly understand the Bible will follow Lincoln’s example of having charity for of our brothers who have temporarily lost their way.
We know that God will call them on His timetable. May that day come soon! Thy Kingdom come!
(For more information on what God has in store for you, check out our article, “Why Did God Create Man?”)
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