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NathanA
The only thing he does in those interviews is challenge people to search truth out for themselves. Your accusations are complete nonsense to me Brian. I find it very hard to take you seriously.
Nathan,
You dismiss the things we are saying wholesale, without responding to the specific points anyone is making. Believe me, I understand that Ole is a persuasive teacher and that what he says sounds good. Note the following passage from Scripture:
Matt.23 (RSV)
[1] Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples,
[2] "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
[3] so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; [b:6880e996fd]for they preach, but do not practice.[/b:6880e996fd]
[4] They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
[5] They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
[6] and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,
[7] and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men.
[8] But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren.
[9] And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
[10] Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.
[11] He who is greatest among you shall be your servant;
[12] whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Though I have come to see that there are, indeed, some problems with the doctrine that is taught by Trinity Foundation, that is not why I initially left. I left because their practices did not line up with what they taught. All of your defenses of Trinity Foundation pretty much go back to what they say, which you seem to take at face value. That is fine as far as it goes, but there are people out here telling you that what they do does not match up with what they say. In a word, they are hypocrites.
Ole says and teaches a lot of things that are right. Indeed, he sometimes says things that are profound. Nevertheless, he is a Pharisee, and so are John and Gary. They do not live by the very doctrine that they preach. They have chosen, as a response to Wendy's book, to exalt themselves rather than humble themselves. The fact that there are so many people out here damaged and hurting in the wake of their involvement with Trinity should cause them to tremble and to rend their garments before the Lord. There are many who no longer even name the name of Christ as a result of their time at Trinity, and if I were them I would be praying that the Lord does not require their blood at my hands.