@JacobXingBlog@erichoke My question would be why should a man called to pastor be expected to wait 20 years or more to fulfill the role of his calling? I’m 42 with 13 years of full-time pastoral experience.
@jdgreear I lost it on that response. An appalling thing for her to assert. She has no right to tell me what compromises my religious beliefs. That's a dangerous statement from a politician.
@JonM_Garcia@erichoke I don't think it’s controversial for sermons to be Christocentric, it's controversial to shoehorn it in a way that is not true to the text. Properly exegete the text and you can take it to the cross.
@erichoke Preaching the meaning of the text that we should place our faith in God as David did when facing Goliath is not moralism. Preach the text instead of preaching a meaning into it.
@erichoke David said that the Lord had delivered from the lion and bear and would deliver from the Philistine. David told Goliath you come with sword, spear, and javelin but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts.
@erichoke But that's not the meaning of the text. David was able to stand and fight Goliath because of his great faith in God. God supplied David with the bravery he needed. No, we can’t face our giants alone, but just like David, we can place our faith in God to face them.
@erichoke This is a sad thread. So many Christians, even pastors, belittling and bad-mouthing others because they don’t have the same degree as them. What happened to encouraging and building up brothers in Christ? Just sad.
@malachiobrien It is amazing to see a spiritual awakening occurring. I pray that it will spread far and wide. I have prayed for revival more in the past few weeks than ever before. I pray for those that only seek to criticize and tear down. I pray that they will see revival as well.
@DerwinLGray I think people could find a more ideological fit with more more parties. Also it would force coalitions of people to work together and compromise to get things done.
@BethMooreLPM It’s shocking how anger is so often the go to reaction in almost any circumstance. There’s a lot of meanness in this world as you well know.