T-Bone

Have you ever been around someone for practically your whole life and was so comfortable with them and yet you’ve never interacted with that person. And I never expected to be profoundly moved by such a person and from beyond the grave at that! I was sitting on a bench in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was taking a mini-break from our 5 hour self-guided tour. My wife continued to stroll about enthralled by the exhibits of personal instruments, iconic clothes, handwritten lyrics on a piece of paper, etc. …I’m seated about 3 feet from John Lennon’s mellotron A scrolling slide show of quotes from each of the Beatles is on a monitor in front of me. This one by John Lennon pops up: My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John Lennon It was a different picture than the one I have here – I used this one here cuz it’s the only one I found online – so this is just a visual aid to simulate the experience. Now mind you this was a scrolling slide show. I’ve never heard that quote before. It was such a fleeting revelatory moment for me. It wasn’t like “I’ve got a special purpose!" …It was just a realization that communicating my feelings is what it’s all about…yes…wait…was that it?...I think so…I waited for the slide show to cycle through again to it...yes – that’s it…I fixated on those words – letting them wash over some petrified part of my mind that used to think it was my mission in life to "teach" everyone about the greatness of PFAL. Ah wait – I have an iPhone! I waited for the quote to come around again – and I captured it on my personal electronic device…Henceforth and forever more one of the purposes of my life is to convey my honest feelings through music, art, interacting with family and friends and even Grease Spotting.

In a sense we are verifying the criteria of the NT canon in our personal studies through the use of textual criticism and other Bible resource tools…and in my opinion the most effective and productive “tools” for our studies is an ongoing development of critical thinking skills, honesty, humility and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.

43 Teaches students they can manipulate God by magical thinking 44 Tells students they can’t go beyond what they’re taught 45 Teaches students the devil has more power than God

37. Increases wear and tear on home furnishings when class is in session 38. Advances erratic sleep patterns before, during and after the class 39. Expands ill will in the neighborhood because of parking snafus when class is in session 40. Decreases prosperity by entangling graduates in a MLM type marketing scheme 41 Sets up graduates for being abused by those in power – with twisted ideas like all the women in the kingdom belonged to king David 42 Teaches students how to be close-minded and believe they’re know-it-alls

36. The “teacher” comes off like he’s the apostle Paul for this day and time and hour.

34. Encourages an us-versus-them mindset - great for fortifying groupthink and isolation. “I have no friends when it comes to the Word.”

33. Declares students should just read what “the Word” says instead of reading what others said about it - even though PFAL is made up of a lot of stuff that he stole from what others have said about the Bible.

32. Encourages students to practice mindless “praying” for long periods of time.

31. “Disciplines” the mind by indoctrination

30. Has the audacity to redefine any word in any language, whether he understands it or not. A. He said “all without exception “ and “all without distinction “ are the same thing. B. Made gibberish and verbosity into an art and a science. I was really impressed! C. Mixes contradictory ideas together better than Jake the bartender at the Do Drop In bar & grill.

D. In sabotaging cognitive skills , PFAL disables one’s ability to distinguish truth from error, but makes the person think that they can. Takes confirmation bias to a whole new level!

16. He spiritually and physically replaces God's only begotten with YourWalk+Believing+TheBible+ChristInYou. A. in effect, wierwille replaces Jesus Christ as the high priest; high priest is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

29. paying full retail price for second-hand and damaged goods.

26. wierwille teaches pseudoscience A. He treats the Bible like it is a scientific textbook – such as his literal interpretation of Genesis. B. he repeats the gap theory first put forth by Arthur Custance - the time period between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 to account for when the dinosaurs and to allow for a greater prehistoric time period since wierwille teaches the Earth was created in 6 literal days / 24 hour time period for each day.

25. wierwille teaches Christians are duty bound to give beyond the tithe (10 percent0 of the Old Testament

6. Promotes law of believing and magical thinking; believing = receiving A. Promotes power of positive confessions

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24. Disparages intuition, emotions, and cognitive skills. A. promotes a rigid decision-making process based on what he says are the priorities B. teaches people to expect to get revelation on a regular basis C. He teaches "The Word" has priority over reason.

12. He taught a false trichotomy of man - body, soul and spirit A. pushes a Gnostic concept of strict separation of spirit and matter B. teaches an incoherent idea of how the Spirit "works" - as evidenced in the contradictory Great Principle "God who is spirit, teaches His creation in you which is now your spirit, etc. " C. wierwille teaches the holy spirit is nothing much more than something like a spiritual car battery that energizes all nine manifestations in each and every Christian. D. Promotes an unhealthy fascination with demonology and spouts off speculations like he knows what he’s talking about – for example his studies in human suffering on Job. E. He teaches people can be born again of the wrong seed - but does not specify how the person can do that. F. He pretends to be an expert on all things spiritual so he charge for more classes so you can learn from “the master”

23. generally speaking, plagiarized material filtered through an incompetent thought process driven by a glory-seeker produces an inferior and erroneous obfuscating dogma.

22. in PFAL wierwille asserts the Bible interprets itself. And he is not consistent when he does use the interpretive keys that he plagiarized from Bullinger (as if Bullinger got it all right ). He ignores context when it suites his twisted interpretation. A. Disparages commentaries to elevate his explanations of Scripture B. Uses proof texting to ignore immediate context, remote context, theological reasoning consistent with the whole Bible on a given subject. C. wierwille assumes what he teaches is "The Word" and has the same authority as the Bible

21. wierwille promotes a sense of entitlement instead of striving to please God. he talks about “sonship rights” and ignores living a morally upright life.

20. wierwille minimizes sin and consequences of sin; downplays or ignores the importance of repentance and reconciliation; emphasizes a personal liberty; pushes a cheap grace which is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ. As defined by Bonhoeffer, cheap grace is an approach to Christianity that only emphasizes the good or easy parts without telling the truth regarding the difficult aspects of it. A. promotes situational ethics. B. promotes a dogmatic approach to pray - know what's available, how to receive it, etc. C. promotes black and white thinking (either / or thinking) when more options are available - for example in teaching I Pet. 1:21 know this first no prophecy is of any private interpretation - besides the fact he mistook this to mean one should not offer a personal opinion of a text, he concludes there is either no interpretation possible or the Bible must interpret itself. D. wierwille interprets Gen 3 as the reason for the fall of humankind, was due to their failure to adhere to "The Word". Rather than exploring the reasons for their failure to trust God, wierwille oversimplifies a believer's walk as following the letter of the law in "the Word" E. Promotes a type of procrastination – students fail to see the interrelationship between knowledge and will; one can get so caught up in thinking about the Word and studying the Word that they fail to realize there’s no practical application. Talk a good walk without actually walking the walk. Mental busywork.

15. He disparagingly and erroneously calls Jesus a bastard Jew. A. has other antisemitic messages - when commenting on Paul receiving 39 lashes save one - he says "the Jews were smart then already"

17. Hyperdispensationalism A. erroneous template of Hyperdispensationalism ignores the relevancy and practical application of the entire Bible B. misleads students with "to whom it is written" into rationalizing what is applicable and what is not. 18. The spiritual and intellectual retardation required to claim four crucified. A. assumes Gospels are a piecemeal narrative - and treats parts of it like a nonlinear Pulp Fiction style screenplay