For the second time in just several weeks, I’ve heard two different pastors make the same egregious mistake while teaching/preaching. I’m not sure how to feel about it – I feel somewhat insulted by the bad theology, and at the same time I want to just stand up to defend the Word of God. Do I stand up, right in the middle of the service, and correct the errant preacher? I mean, the err is so egregious, it seems to me that it demands this approach.
I would love to hear from any pastors out there for their opinion. How would you feel if a congregant stood up to correct you? Or how would anyone, as a congregant, feel if someone stood up to correct the pastor?
It all seems highly disruptive to me, and certainly disunifying, but if the err is so flagrantly in conflict with Scripture, shouldn’t the mistake be corrected, then and there? I know I could always speak to the pastor after the service, but at the same time, many who may not be as versed in the Bible will walk away with some pretty bad theology.
Your thoughts?