GR 108 is here! This week, the boys review and take a deep dive into the recent release of the controversial documentary, "The Real David Platt: The Hijacking of McLean Bible Church," by the Church Reform Initiative. This documentary, which divulges years of drama behind the scenes of this Virginia megachurch, has been making waves due to its criticism of the church's leadership and airing out of the congregation's issues. Is it OK to publicly air church grievances in a YouTube documentary? Should we sue fellow Christians? What does real church discipline look like? How do we respond to disagreements with our pastors? How do we avoid weaponizing Scripture to make it say what we want? What do we do when we are only presented with one side of a two-seeded story? What role does discernment play when we evaluate these things? This in-depth conversation aims to bring some clarity to how Christians should react when hearing these tragic tales of conflict between members of God's church, and how these issues ultimately bring shame and embarrassment to the name of Christ.
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“ 1 Tim 5:20 "rebuke an elder publicly", Act 25:11 "I appeal to Caesar" ” I'm Salvador Cordova, I was in the documentary. I was also threatened with arrest and by armed security and jail while sitting quietly in my chair on Sunday morning.
It said in 1 Tim 5:20 "rebuke an elder publicly". We have an obligation to warn other Christians of "wolves who will not spare the flock". We have done that.
We were threatened with arrest and jail. When Paul was imprisoned, he appealed to Caesar, and we also appealed to Caesar. We were not seeking financial damages and compensation, but rather "equitable relief" which is does not involve money. In fact we sacrificed enormous amounts of money to conduct what is equivalent to a legal probe. If anything we were defrauded of money. Thus the sense of 1 Cor 6 does not apply to our legal action, even though it is colloquially called a lawsuit.
What you said at the end is wrong and not consistent with scripture. Jesus rebuked churches in Revelation for tolerating evil teachers in church. We need to purge evil from the church 1 Cor 5:13.
