SIGNS OF AN EAR TICKLER PREACHER
TEXT: "A time is coming when people will not bear good instruction, but with itchy ears, they will gather for themselves instructors to suit their own desires and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into falsehoods," Paul warned Timothy ( Timothy 4:3-4). That admonition came true in Timothy's day, and it has come true many times since, especially now, when there are so many ear-tickling preachers. How can we identify them? We all know that lying is incredibly deceptive, and no one wants to be fooled. And we all know that no one ever steps up and declares, "What I'm preaching is a false doctrine designed to fool and ruin you!" We also recognize that it is presumptuous for any of us to believe that we alone have correct doctrine while everyone else is mistaken. But Paul did not warn Timothy in vain, and he does not warn us in vain, so we must ask ourselves what distinctive qualities of ear-tickling preachers are. A. Earworm pr...