1) Q. I have heard of the Christian Research Institute, but not of Elliot Miller. Who is he?
A. Elliot Miller is an ordained minister with pastoral experience and a Bible teacher. He has served as editor-in-chief for all of Christian Research Institute’s (CRI) publications and has been featured with CRI President Hank Hanegraaff on the nationally syndicated Bible Answer Man radio program.
问：我听说过基督教研究院，但没听过米勒艾略特。那他是谁呢？
答：艾略特•米勒是任命的传道人，拥有牧师的经历，也是圣经教师。他是基督教研究院出版刊物的总编辑，同时也与其院长汉克•汉尼葛夫在国际联合圣经解答者广播节目中担任主要责任。
2) Q. As an ordained minister, what does he have to say about the teachings of Lee and the local churches?
A. Western Christianity tends to oversimplify the Trinity while the teaching of Witness Lee and the local churches actually are bringing a correction to a problem within Western evangelicalism.
问：作为任命的传道人，他对于李常受和地方教会的教导是怎么说的？
答：西方基督教倾向过于简化三一神，而李常受和地方教会的教导实际上为西方福音派的问题带来了矫正。
3) Q. Among Christians, the Trinity has been a subject for debate. What about the local churches?
A. Ultimately it comes down to the fact that, in regards to the Trinity, they (the Local Churches) are bringing a corrective to a problem within Western Evangelicalism.
问：在基督徒中间，三一神一直是个有争议的话题。那地方教会怎么样呢？
答：最终，我们发现的事实是，有关三一神，他们（地方教会）为西方福音派的问题带来了矫正
4) Q. I know that there was an open letter that was signed by 70 Christians. How could they be wrong?
A. Something that Elliot personally found even more amazing than the idea that seventy Christians (and not just Christians, but many of these people are leading scholars, apologists, thinkers, counter-cult workers) that they could be wrong. To him, it’s even more amazing that he could be wrong. And he was wrong, you see.
问：我知道有一封由七十位基督徒签名的公开信。他们怎么可能错了呢？
答：艾略特个人觉得，比起七十位基督徒（不仅是基督徒，大多数更是作领袖的学者，卫道士，思想家，反邪教工作者）可能会错的想法，对他而言，更让它惊讶的是，他自己可能会错。你瞧，他就是错了。
5) Q. If Elliot Miller admitted being wrong, did any of his colleagues do the same thing?
A. Yes, Gretchen Passantino also did the same. She was Elliot Miller’s colleague and worked with him under Walter Martin in the 1970’s. Gretchen along with her husband, Bob, did the original research on the Local Church movement. They actually wrote the very first critique of it in 1975.
问：如果艾略特•米勒承认错了，那他的同事有没有也这样作呢？
答：有的，格雷琴•巴沙迪诺也如此作了。她是艾略特•米勒的同事，在七十年代时与他一同在华特•马丁手下工作。格雷琴同着她的丈夫鲍伯，作了关于地方教会运动最初的研究。事实上他们在1975年就写了第一篇评论文章。
6) Q. A lot of criticism was written and spoken against the local churches. What was the source of all of this?
A. You see, it was on the basis of their research primarily, that the whole body of literature on the Local Church was built. And the quotations that appear in this open letter, they’re very familiar with, because Elliot Miller and his colleagues unearthed a lot of those.
问：有很多批评文章和讲话反对地方教会。所有这些的来源是什么？
答：关于地方教会的整个著作就是建立在他们所作的主要研究。这封公开信里所出现引文，他们都非常熟悉，因为其中很多都是艾略特•米勒和他的同事发掘出来的。
7) Q. If the original critiques about the local churches were based on faulty research, what does this say?
A. To Elliot, that they would be wrong only follows since they’re building their conclusions on Elliot Miller and his colleagues original work. And they were wrong.
问：如果关于地方教会的原始评论文章是基于错误的研究，那么这是怎么说的 呢？
答：对艾略特来说，他们的错误只是跟着的，因为他们是在艾略特•米勒和他同事原始的工作之上，建立了他们的结论。所以他们错了。
8) Q. Even though the local churches failed Elliot Miller’s litmus test, why were they labeled as heretical?
A. If we stamp heresy on a group because they failed their litmus test, we may not realize first, that was a culturally more than theologically determined stamp.
问：虽然地方教会没通过艾略特•米勒的检验，但为什么他们被标为异端呢？
答：如果我们因着他们没有通过检验就给这团体贴上异端的标签，那我们可能还没意识到，首先那是个文化意义上决定的标签，而不是神学上的。
9) Q. Being labeled heretical was a cultural stamp. Was there a second reason?
A. The second reason is that the consequences of that, is that our brothers and sisters in Christ directly because of what was published, are being put in prison, and persecuted, and some don’t return alive.
问：标为异端是个文化意义上的标签。这有其他的原因吗？
答：第二个原因是，那样的后果就是使我们在基督里的弟兄姊妹因着所出版的而被下在监里，受逼迫，有些甚至再不能活着回来。
10) Q. Elliot’s research affected many people. Has he met with anyone whom his material has affected?
A. Elliot Miller traveled to China and met people who had been in prison as a result of material that he and others have published. And those people could not have been more gracious, but the Holy Spirit was gracious enough to let Elliot Miller see the consequences of his past cavalier actions.
问：艾略特的研究影响了许多人。他遇见过一些受他出版材料影响的人吗？
答：艾略特•米勒到过中国，遇见了那些因着他和其他人出版的资料而被下在监里的人。那些人都万分的宽容，但圣灵也足够宽容，使得艾略特•米勒看见他以往随便行为的后果。
Reference: https://graceandreality.wordpress.com/tag/elliot-miller/; Excerpts from the Bible Answer man Podcasts
参考网址：https://graceandreality.wordpress.com/tag/elliot-miller/; Excerpts from the Bible Answer man Podcasts