We need to stop thinking that our primary duty toward our fellow believers is to critique them. It’s not. Our primary duty is to love them
Critical
Ed Stetzer
There is a place and a time to be critical, to challenge people and communities to think through their actions and attitudes. But simply pointing out problems without offering some kind of road map back to effective gospel ministry is neither helpful nor pastoral.
James H. Aughey
Katherine Walden
“If you were a TRUE then you would …. or you would not ……. ”
Preface any statement this way and I can guarantee you a sure-fire way to build walls, cause defensive responses and inhibit any heart-to-heart dialogue with those who might happen to disagree with you.