I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides (ten thousand instructors- NKJV) in Christ, you do not have many fathers. 1Corinthians 4:14-15 (ESV) A father, like a shepherd, never relinquishes responsibility for the flock; A guide can preach a sermon or teach a session and then go home and attend to his own affairs; but a father can never cease to be a father, just as someone with a pastor’s heart , never loses sight or burden for his sheep. A guide can travel the world, teaching, speaking, exhorting hundreds…thousands…and not remembering one; A father…a pastor …a shepherd…knows each one of his sheep by name, and cares for each one. See John Ch.10 ; Ch.21:15-17 and 1Samuel 17:28, 34-37 A guide is likely to be known and heralded by many; A pastor…a father…only by his own. A guide may have many followers; A pastor? Just a few sheep (1Samuel 17:28) A guide has often already receive...
The Elephant in the Room - Part 1 In view of the most recent fall from grace, of yet another celebrity Christian , I have finally, by God’s grace, been able to write: So, why are so few Christians speaking out in defense of the victims here? Why are so few offering prayers, support and condolences to them and their families? Why are we still partying and “having revival” instead of weeping, mourning and crying out to God, because of the state of the Church? We are all the same Body. Why is it that whenever yet another Christian celebrity , who has ascended beyond the radar of accountability, is ca...