Spotting False Teachers

TikTok and Instagram are crowded with preachers and Bible teachers. It’s difficult to identify their affiliations or accountability partners, so discernment is vital when sorting through them. An influencer like Jonah Wiley may have hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, but his profiles make identification of the basis for his teaching almost impossible. Congregation members may benefit from a quick primer on identifying true and false teachers (Rhyne R. Putman, “8 Ways to Spot False Teachers,” Crossway, March 4, 2022, https://www.crossway.org/articles/8-ways-to-spot-false-teachers/).