Rich Tidwell makes today’s installment as number 61 in our False Teacher of the Day series, a self-proclaimed reformer from Ormond Beach, Florida, leading Ormond Church while pushing a “Second Reformation” that’s more like a regression into Old Testament chaos. This podcaster and Legacy Housing founder has gone full heretic by taking a second wife—now pregnant with his eighth child overall—and defending it with a mangled mess of Scripture that reeks of self-justification.
You already know polygyny is unbiblical—Genesis 2:24 sets the one-flesh standard, Jesus affirms it in Matthew 19:4-6, and Paul mandates monogamy for leaders in 1 Timothy 3:2. But Tidwell? This guy’s arguments are a parade of stupidity, twisting God’s Word to suit his lusts like some desperate con artist.
First, he whines that “the Bible never demands monogamy” or “prohibits polygyny.” As if God’s ideal is hidden in David’s soap-opera harem, where multiple wives led to rape, murder, and rebellion among his kids. Spare us—descriptive doesn’t mean prescriptive, you hack. God regulated it in a fallen world, but Christ restores Eden’s design. Claiming silence equals approval? That’s not exegesis. That’s evasion.
Then, his crowning idiocy: 2 Samuel 12:7-8, where God “gave” David Saul’s wives. Tidwell crows this proves polygyny is “lawful”—God doesn’t sin, so handing out extras must be fine! David’s real wrong was stealing Bathsheba, not the pile-up. What a joke. God’s concession to Israel’s hard hearts (Matthew 19:8) isn’t an endorsement—David’s polygamy fueled his downfall, adultery with Bathsheba just the tipping point. Twisting divine patience into permission? Pathetic, self-serving drivel.
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Worst of all, his resurrection fantasy: Abraham, Jacob, David, Moses popping up from Matthew 27:52-53, demanding pulpits because “gifts are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). “Insane” to disqualify them for multiple wives, he rants—they wrote the Bible! Yeah, and their polygamy brought misery, not model ministry. Paul bars polygamists from oversight to protect the church from this exact nonsense. Tidwell’s “God doesn’t change” (Malachi 3:6) dodge ignores Christ’s fulfillment—NT elevates monogamy as the norm.
This isn’t reformation. It’s rationalization of sin, a wolf cloaking adultery in Scripture scraps. Tidwell’s “He Is Greater” podcast peddles this poison while he builds a family fortress on heresy. Avoid this deceiver—his “Second Reformation” is a first-rate ticket to judgment. The church needs truth, not this obnoxious distortion.
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