How should I evaluate teaching that comes from my denomination or from other sources?
Evaluate every teaching, whether from your denomination or any other source, by searching the Scriptures and lining it up with the Word of God. Do not judge by denominational criteria, but ask what the Word really says. Be equally cautious about claims that the Word says something when it does not.
Les teaches that there is much false teaching today that is not according to the Word of God. He does not point out or accuse specific groups, but tells people that whatever they hear—whether from his denomination, yours, or Timbuktu—they should search the Scriptures and line things up with the Word of God. He says that is how we will be judged, not by some denomination's criteria, but by what the Word really says. He also warns that you must be just as cautious about what the Word does not say, because many people have ideas that the Word says something when it is not in there.