Can I Trust My Favourite Bible Teacher?

It’s Bible study night and you’ve been looking forward to meeting with women from your church to study the Bible together all week. But tonight, something shatters this peaceful evening of fellowship. 

As you discuss your answers to a challenging application question, one of the women sighs and says that raising little children is a lot harder than she ever imagined. You just finished a book by your favorite author on this very topic, so you jump at the opportunity to recommend it. 

“You like her?” one of the women responds. She leans back in her chair and bites her bottom lip. “I don’t.”

You spin around in your seat. “Why?”

The woman looks down. “It’s just… I think she has some really problematic teachings.”

The night is ruined by that one sentence, along with the rest of your week. As you move through your ordinary tasks, her words ring in your head. Every time you walk past your stack of books with that author’s name on one of the spines, you feel that awkward, aching feeling inside. And, if you’re honest, some anger too. 

These minor disagreements can feel embarrassing, frustrating, and even hurtful. It might leave your relationship with the other person feeling rocky and painful. Perhaps it rattles your faith a little too. How do we move forward when someone questions our favorite author or online teacher?

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