u/spuddystudybuddy

"Addressed" may be putting it generously. They didn't actually rebut any arguments against it. The TLDR is basically:

- We feel like it's a commentary

- People have a critical spirit and that doesn't help anyone

- Biblical scholars are nice and all but they don't really love the Lord the right way, so we tell people to read The Passion Translation when they want passion and inspiration, not scholarship. The Bible isn't a textbook.

Basically what I gathered from this is that they feel this "translation" (commentary) is the best version to use to get people to feel what they think they should feel.

https://youtu.be/2kpL4YhUhYU?si=QMDaNOPY-z2xQtuJ

This is just my opinion as an observer.

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The first screenshot is from his Legacy Builders Instagram channel. Back in August of 2025 he was messaging the group that God told him he is not a victim. He has preached and written about this concept a lot, but here he specifically says it was God who told him this.

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The second screenshot is from the transcript of a video call that happened in early 2026. Kris explains how he built this mindset because of the trauma he endured as a child. Notably, he does not mention God anywhere in this. He doesn't say he learned not to be a victim from God. He says he refused to be a victim after being abused but now realizes that he actually WAS a victim and that teaching people not to be a victim can keep them from speaking up.

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He is realizing that he was wrong without realizing that it means his god was wrong.

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My point is not to criticize what he said in the video call. I actually think that was some good self-reflection that needed to happen, and it should be encouraged and continued.

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What seems dangerous to me is that this happens all the time - church leaders like Kris take their own life lessons, whether healthy or unhealthy, and apply them to everyone as a message directly from God himself. They project their own human, flawed beliefs onto a ruler of the universe and build entire cultures that promote strict all-or-nothing thinking for everyone. You're either a victim or a victor. You're a powerful person or a powerless person. Your mess becomes your message, your test becomes your testimony, and your takeaways from your own personal trauma become the prescriptive voice of your entire global church's god.

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Church leaders don't have all of life's answers any more than congregants do, no matter how many books they've written or how many times they've insisted their words are from God. We're all just trying to figure it out.

It sure doesn't seem like he listens.