Don't throw rocks

I am a information junkie. I love to learn new things so consequently I spend quite a bit of time reading books, listening to tapes (yes I said tapes I have several hundred of them, my wife and I are tape worms) as well as CD'S.

As i surf the web it seems inevitably I will run across several sites that are put up by some minister who has decided that they are the judge and jury of every other minister on the web. Now most of the time I have never heard of these men, and quiet probably they have never heard of me; in any case, these men have no problem calling other ministers false prophets, wolves in sheep's clothing, pimp preachers etc. These are terms that should never come out of the mouth of a minister of the gospel, and certainly they should never be used to describe a brother in Christ. The Apostle Paul stated in Romans 14:4 "Who are you that judges another mans servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth..." the context here is simple. Men and women in ministry are servants of God they are accountable to Him and Him alone in regards to their ministry. Now the comment I hear is "well somebody has to tell the truth" my question is this; does truth involve making degrading statements about people that in most cases they do not even know? Where in the Word is there a justification to use terms like "false prophet, pimp preacher" and others that are not worth repeating? There is none, when they fall into the degrading trap of name calling they are "sitting in the seat of the scornful" they are being unjust if for no other reason than they give the person they are running down no opportunity to defend them selves. In most cases they are taking these mens comments vastly out of context (apparently they cannot listen to an entire message) and another disturbing trend I see among these that will so quickly call other men of God such disturbing names is this; they usually have no covering from a pastor or spiritual father, they are usually a lone ranger out running other people down. There is plenty of negativity in the world towards the church without those who are in the body destroying each other from the inside. I have all I can do to take care of me, I have no time to judge another mans servant.

Pastor Steele