The Worst Part of Being a Pastor
Monday, April 5, 2021 @ 10:52 AM
“What’s the worst thing about being a pastor?” she asked. “What is your worst nightmare?”
She and I were Facebooking back and forth about the ministry when she broadsided me with this one.
She suggested possible answers. “People writing nasty letters complaining? giving you advice? criticizing what you wear?”
I laughed and thought, “Oh, if it were that simple. No one enjoys getting anonymous mail trying to undermine your confidence in whatever you’re doing, but sooner or later most of us find ways of dealing with that.”
“It’s worse than that,” I typed. Then I paused to reflect.
False Prophets Are Ravenous Wolves Deserving Public Rebuke
Thursday, January 14, 2021 @ 8:51 AM
It seems unlikely that America’s deep fractures will heal quickly, and sorting out political culpability may take some time – even for the Christian community. Yet, one group has clearly and rightfully earned the rebuke of the church. That demographic consists of the many who prophecied wrongly about the election and aftermath.
Virtually everyone in church circles (and beyond) can most likely identify some sort of “prophecy” from God that somehow found its way to their inbox or feed. The mark of godly prophecy in Scripture is that it’s never wrong. False prophets don’t have that kind of track record. Yet are they publicly admonished?
become increasingly aware of the need not only to curb the greatest cases of abuse by disciplinary measures and civil and canonical processes. it also to decisively confront the phenomenon both inside and outside the church. she feels cold to combat this evil that strikes at the very heart of her mission or act which is to preach the gospel to the little ones and protect the ravenous wolves yet i mean. here again i would like to state clearly if in the church they should emerge even a single case of abuse. which already in itself represents an atrocity that case will be treated with the utmost seriousness. yet. indeed in people s justified anger. that the church sees the reflection of the wrath of god with the betrayed and insulted by these deceitful consecrated pursley to the