I recently had a phone conversation with Rev. Serena Lin. I brought up the news where one of our church brother joined another church called United Church of Christ, UCC. She immediately accused that church to be cult. When I asked her why, she could only say that...oh...they like to brainwash people, she seems to be at lost if I interrogate any further.
I feel her apologetics is rather weak. So is many other Taiwanese American pastors. Personally I think this is due to the influence of Pentecostal movement, a little bit of new age, etc. The only conservative part that's left is their title, or their church name.
Apologetics is the defense of Christian doctrine against all kinds of misleading interpretation of the Bible. Simply saying "they are brainwashing people" is not apologetics, it's pathetic.
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