Recently, there have been too many stories in papers and periodicals that focus on the moral failure of pastors and Christian leaders.
Being involved in training pastors, my goal has been, as Kem Oberholtzer once said, to produce men who have “a scholar's mind and a shepherd's heart.” But somewhere, somehow, something can go wrong. There is a disconnect. Just a few weeks ago, one of my students confessed to me that he had cheated on an exam. In a seminary course of all places! Did he think God could not see what he was doing?
To be successful in serving the Church and glorifying the Lord, it is essential that people be informed in the mind and impacted through the heart.
It does not take much mental awareness to realize we are operating in a post-Christian world and that we are engaged in spiritual warfare. And so, we must be aware so we can beware. (Eph 4:14, 6:12) And yet it feels at times that we are living in two worlds - one that is dead and the other that is powerless to be.
If we are going to live successfully in this corrupt world, we need to heed the command of the apostle Paul: “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lust”. (Romans 13:14)
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us, Fred
In my Friday with Fred a few weeks ago I quoted John Piper. I took this quote from a secondary footnoted source, which had been found in a variety of places. Dr. Piper says he never said this and does not believe the content of the quote.
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