<p>The Lord didn’t tell His listeners not to pursue gaining wealth. But He did give them a caution not to make that a higher priority in life than obeying and serving God. In the same chapter, He pointed out a truth about human nature - “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”</p>
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Recently I was reading Dr Joseph Parker , one of the recognised great English preachers of the second half of the 1800s in London. A fascinating comment Joseph Parker made when relating to ministers was as follows: An un-tempted minister will never do us any good, and an untried one will talk over our heads.
I have often reflected on this as I for one would have been greatly blessed and enhanced in ministry to have sat under Joseph Parker s preaching and teaching.
Morling Seminary in the seventies, when I was there, had similar wisdom in its entry requirements. Candidates for Ordination needed to have worked in the real world for a minimum of five years before gaining acceptance into that theological college.