In Defense of Offensive Pastors
June 10, 2013
So here’s a question for you: What’s a pastor’s job? Oh, sure, I bet your knee-jerk response, is that the answer’s easy. But really think about it for a second;
So here’s a question for you: What’s a pastor’s job? Oh, sure, I bet your knee-jerk response, is that the answer’s easy. But really think about it for a second;
As someone who has spent a great deal of time in church services, listening to pastors and priests give hundreds and hundreds of sermons, let me tell you from experience what I’ve learned: Church
Pastors lie all the time. Now, they don’t necessarily mean to, but so many of them are hopelessly trapped; stuck in the unreasonable expectations of pewsitters, pressured by perceived competition
When tragedy comes, it’s necessary to want an enemy. In times like these, when faced with the unthinkable and the horrible, we need a place to direct our shared outrage;
So here’s a question for you: What’s a pastor’s job? Oh, sure, I bet your knee-jerk response, is that the answer’s easy. But really think about it for a second;
As someone who has spent a great deal of time in church services, listening to pastors and priests give hundreds and hundreds of sermons, let me tell you from experience what I’ve learned: Church
Pastors lie all the time. Now, they don’t necessarily mean to, but so many of them are hopelessly trapped; stuck in the unreasonable expectations of pewsitters, pressured by perceived competition
When tragedy comes, it’s necessary to want an enemy. In times like these, when faced with the unthinkable and the horrible, we need a place to direct our shared outrage;