I remember decades ago when the church got all antsy about members recording sermons. They were afraid that those tapes would fall into the wrong hands. Fast forward to today and that idiocy is still prevalent. COG groups are STILL totally embarrassed by what they teach, so much so that they command members to destroy sermons from HQ. Forget about speaking the truth, lets instead hide it! Jesus was never afraid to speak truth, but COG leaders sure are.
This is the Philadelphia Church of God:
We drove over an hour to attend a small house group to listen to recorded garbage a few times. They had CDs for sermons which they put in the microwave after it was played. I asked why and they told me that it was to destroy them so they wouldn’t fall into the “wrong” hands.