tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post7369701815465434686..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Men of the Church: Are You Sober?Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-65001540762363005012014-03-25T13:50:25.744-04:002014-03-25T13:50:25.744-04:00Not only should they be watched carefully but they...Not only should they be watched carefully but they should be reminded:<br /><br />Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. (James 3:1)Doug Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318930961031654937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-31396803769887522332014-03-25T09:58:43.589-04:002014-03-25T09:58:43.589-04:00Excellent commentary, Elizabeth, on the state of t...Excellent commentary, Elizabeth, on the state of the Church today. Too, too many "shepherds" are becoming nothing more than "goatherds" as they fill their pews with people who are looking for a good time rather than eternal life.Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-17832818199360967822014-03-25T08:09:10.204-04:002014-03-25T08:09:10.204-04:00Hi Elizabeth, dignified - that's the word that...Hi Elizabeth, dignified - that's the word that jumped out at me. You nailed it! What many churches lack is decorum, dignity, before the Lord. A spirit of casualness has overtaken the church, unfortunately to the point of utter irreverence in many cases. <br /><br />A church my husband and I visited had a motivational speaker of sorts (can't call him a pastor or a minister, because he was clearly neither) come speak one Sunday morning. The man, with closed Bible in hand, began to yell, kick his leg in the air, tell jokes, carry on, and shouted that he was "too emotional to read the Bible, WOOOOO!" My husband and I were so disgusted with his sophomoric antics, that we walked out. <br /><br />And this is but one of many examples I could share that we've witnessed - and walked out of - throughout the years. But if I were to tell them all, I'd be writing a blog entry in the comments. <br /><br />These churches are exemplifying the spirit of Laodicea, they think they are really doing the Lord's work, but they are poor, blind, and wretched, and the Lord is outside, knocking on the door...<br /><br />As for these adolescents who are "pastoring" - there will be a reckoning. Like you said, Elizabeth, a whip and a whole lot of table overturning...<br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-86105470509257183012014-03-25T05:55:06.938-04:002014-03-25T05:55:06.938-04:00And in my shrewdness I will maintain that ALL of t...And in my shrewdness I will maintain that ALL of those who teach need to watched carefully. No man no matter how well equipped will pass with a complete and perfect score of 100%.<br />I will exalt the Lord Jesus and none other. <br />There are many who have finished well. One of the greatest pits for a famous teacher is pride. In what way's can I protect those whom God has established to teach at such capacity? By not letting the spirit of pride in.<br />Just because someone has done well in the past does not mean that he cannot fall.<br />I draw a very hard line these day's as the enemy has his scabby hands on the organization of the church. Which may or may not be a clear representation of what Christ has established in Matthew 16.<br />jeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com