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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Saint N Says Ordered by Date |
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1 | how to evaluate our pastor | Bible general Archive 2 | Saint N Says | 137498 | ||
Having been a pastor I can tell you what I would have found helpful and useful to the church and myself. Often a pastor is criticized for what they are not so great at, which paralyzes their effectiveness on the whole. I would recommend developing a list of ten key things that the church most wants to see happening (such as: sermons, visitation, bible studies, evangelistic meetings, church discipline, counceling, committee chairmanship, music, mid-week meetings, finance, etc.) Once you have the list of the ten most important key things, sit down with the pastor and ask him to choose the five things that best suit his strengths. Have the items he chose become his ministry and focus and ask him to work with you to have the lay people take over the five other items that he did not choose. I believe you will have a pastor who is five times more effective and a lay ministry is five times more effective. This is the method I use in working with churches that are seeking to be more successful. The principal is to have people using their best energy on their strengths. So in direct answer to your question I believe you should evaluate your pastor for his strengths (and get him using them) and evaluate him for his weaknesses (and have others take over those tasks). |
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2 | Perfection? | John | Saint N Says | 136570 | ||
I think you have asked a dangerous question, which is good. I have found that those who strive towards "perfection" walk down the path of legalism, authoritarianism, and false piety. In their eagerness to be perfect they draw on their own strength and views of perfection. They believe they are diligently seeking the path of God but are in reality turning away from Him to their own righteousness. They end up alienating their friends and family and placing destructive burdens on themselves and others. Jesus said that He and the Father were one and that if we abide in Him He will abide in us, thus it is a simple vital faith in Jesus that will imbue the perfesction of God in us, because we stop looking to our own imperfection but rather the perfection of God through Jesus and in that we are changed. We really have to stop focussing on ourselves. |
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3 | Does God choose who we marry? | John 8:32 | Saint N Says | 135512 | ||
I would be concerned about a person who instead of taking ownership for ending the relationship puts it off on God. Tell her to go freely and to be happy, and thank God that He has something even better for you. |
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4 | ok to sin because of the flesh | Bible general Archive 2 | Saint N Says | 126346 | ||
The mistake is in thinking that the Spirit is seperae from the body. We are one body, spirit, and soul. The parts are not seperate from each other. I think it is better to be a worldly sinner than to be a Christian who excuses their sin based on contrived doctrine. | ||||||