Who Bewitched You and the Hidden Cost of Bad Teaching

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick

Bad teaching does not always sound wrong. That is why it is dangerous. In many cases, bad teaching sounds compassionate. It sounds gentle. It sounds reasonable. It sounds like it is trying to protect people from guilt. But here is the test. If compassion removes obedience, it is not biblical compassion. It is drift disguised as care.

The Bible has mercy. The Bible has grace. The Bible has healing. But the Bible also has commands. The Bible also has correction. The Bible also has truth that confronts flesh. Real compassion does not leave men stuck. Real compassion calls men higher.

The hidden cost of bad teaching is that men stay bound while thinking they are being helped.

Bewitching often shows up when.

• The Bible is trimmed down to comfort only

• Holiness becomes labeled as legalism

• Conviction becomes labeled as shaming

• Scripture becomes treated like opinion

• Obedience becomes treated like an unrealistic expectation

Truth is not mean. Truth is medicine. If you hate medicine, you will stay sick. But if you accept medicine, you can heal. And when men are finally taught the Word with clarity and authority, many discover that freedom was never impossible. It was simply never pursued with faith and obedience.

Here is one strong filter for what you are learning.

• Does this teaching produce obedience or excuses

• Does it strengthen repentance or weaken it

• Does it build faith or build comfort

• Does it anchor you in Scripture or in opinions

For more teaching like this from the podcast hosted by Daniel Gullick, go to www.boundlessonlinechurch.org/podcasts