Lucas Woodford at thisweconfess [sic] has a post addressing an unsettling trend in the church by those in spiritual authority. The opening sentence establishes his thesis.
If you should balk at his broad brushstrokes, I understand. We can each point out individual men faithfully caring for those in the local church. But what he is illuminating is very real and becoming more so as church groups become loosened from the moors of Scripture and take up the next thrust of relevance. What! Isn't the cross relevant? When did Christ become insufficient?
I pray that those who the Lord has overseeing your assembly are being faithful to Holy Writ rather than Wholly Rotten.
Within the North America church, the role of pastor has morphed from the biblical and historic role of Seelsorger (one who gives care of souls) and giver of God’s gifts, to that of a CEO, administrator, and/or therapist.He is writing as a pastor within the LCMS, so he has his own denomination in view, but the extracts cited from those in other denominations shows that the problem is wider spread.
If you should balk at his broad brushstrokes, I understand. We can each point out individual men faithfully caring for those in the local church. But what he is illuminating is very real and becoming more so as church groups become loosened from the moors of Scripture and take up the next thrust of relevance. What! Isn't the cross relevant? When did Christ become insufficient?
I pray that those who the Lord has overseeing your assembly are being faithful to Holy Writ rather than Wholly Rotten.
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