You see, there's a very important matter at the lake I must attend to. There are various kinds of heretics and heresies. There are heresies which consist of doctrinal views which are directly opposed to the teaching of the Bible. Various denominational doctrines which reference their Creeds rather than the Bible are rather outstanding examples of this type of heresy. There are heretics among the churches who choose to make tests of fellowship over matters of judgement.
Great care needs to be exercised here.
Then there are heretics in local congregations who qualify as such by choosing to dislike the elders, preacher or other members. They seem to make it their career to dig up all the dirt they can, pounce on every new member and unload the entire heap on them. Many a division has been caused by this type of heretic. The tragic thing about these brethren is that they seldom realize that they are, by Bible definition, a heretic. He related the findings of some efficiency experts in their studies of absentee problems among employees of large companies.