Direct Answer
David Bercot's answer is yes. He sees going beyond Scripture as the far greater danger, and the church can still remove a false teacher from leadership. The transcript does not discuss the discomfort directly, though it does admit there will be heretics who cannot be silenced.
Support from the Message
- He calls it the worst thing you can do to mess with the historic faith in an attempt to silence a heretic. - If Scripture will not silence someone, he says, so be it. You do not start adding to it. - Adding homoousian said in effect that Scripture is inadequate. - The attempt to eliminate heresy led to burning, beheading and prison, and usually it was faithful Christians who suffered. - Athanasius changed the historic faith to out-argue the Arians, and David says he did more damage than Arius.
Discussion Follow-up
Which feels more dangerous to you, a heretic left unsilenced or a church that goes beyond Scripture to stop him? Why?