Day of the Wolf

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[Huldah]

Here's an interesting podcast. It's an interview with Hollywood scriptwriter Coleman Luck, who has just published a book called Day of the Wolf: Unmasking and Confronting Wolves in the Church.

As both a Christian and a Hollywood insider, Luck has dealt with plenty of wolves in his time. Here's an excerpt from the transcript:

"In our discussion, Coleman expertly unpacks why Christians are mistaking wolves for sheep and for shepherds. And he offers criteria for evaluating whether a leader is a shepherd or a wolf.

"Coleman also describes how to confront a wolf. But he warns—wolves are dangerous. And if you confront one, don’t expect to escape that confrontation without some wounds from the wolf’s attack."

I'm hoping to read the book soon.

Podcast and transcript here: https://julieroys.com/podcast/wolves-in-the-church/

[Janet Easson Martin]

Sounds very eye-opening and timely in this season of questionable “Churches for Believers”.
Thanks for this link, Huldah! Wolves do WOUND BACK especially if someone is rescuing the sheep from their mouths. Will have to check that out.

One thing a wolf seems to do is twist the accusation toward them BACK ON THE CONFRONTER. Another thing wolf does is attempt to slanderously (the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation) label the character of their confronters so that the evidence brought forward will hopefully be dismissed.

We have seen examples of this fairly recently on this site.

[Huldah]

Indeed we have.

One particular point made in the discussion: Wolves run in packs. An alpha wolf is a much more effective predator when he has other wolves supporting him. I'm sure we could all cite examples.