I think a minister should be a wise, seasoned person who helps those in their church deal with some of life’s spiritual difficulties…morally ambiguous situations, moments of great stress, sorrow and loss. A guide, a teacher, an advisor and a confidant.
But others seem to think a minister is someone who traffics in absolutes...someone who tells you exactly what you have to do, someone who tells you exactly what God expects you to know and believe according to a book that is supposedly inerrant and plan as day if only you take the time to read it.
But others seem to think a minister is someone who traffics in absolutes...someone who tells you exactly what you have to do, someone who tells you exactly what God expects you to know and believe according to a book that is supposedly inerrant and plan as day if only you take the time to read it.
If things are really so black and white, I wonder why we would need ministers…or a Bible. Why make us read a book written in languages that are not our own, a book written in a far removed culture? Why make us depend on ministers who may or may not be trustworthy? Why wouldn’t a god with black and white rules and strict demands simply tell us, each and every one of us, what is expected of us in terms we can understand?
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