This really got to me

[chimp3]

I sat for a hundred or so sermons by this local Pentecostal preacher ( an ailing family member wanted company). He was always going on about the "fields of corn" as in 2Chronicles 31:5.
He would yell and stomp about how wonderful it must have been to walk through the 7ft tall stalks of corn and see those ears bursting with plump kernels. Obviously he did not know that Maize is a New World crop and corn and old English word for grain. Does this make him an idiot? Yes, for two reasons....

One : He is the same age as me. I was taught this fact in elementary school. He was too busy talking to the Holy Ghost to pay attention in school.

Two : His claim and that of his sheepish flock is that he has an "anointment" to preach. If your authority to preach comes from a higher power you have a larger duty to be accurate. He is an idiot.

I agree with both points you made up to the point of calling him an idiot that's a bit strong. Uneducated yes idiot not really. You or someone in the church should in private talked to him about such a mistake. Let me ask you this, is this a small country church in a rural community? Not all men behind a pulpit are called to preach the word of God and not all that are called have a seminary education especially in small rural churches. This is an unfortunate situation for the church and personally I think one that can be avoided. I have a nephew who can't afford to go to seminary, he has a family to raise, he is however taking online classes, so it's possible for those who are called to get an education. With this said I understand what you're say about this particular preacher. To call this man an idiot IMO would require someone to talk to him about his mistake and then if he continued to make the same mistake there may be justification to call him an idiot.

GC

If he considers himself anointed and says the things he says then he is an idiot. I am not a member of his church. Simp!y an amused onlooker.