Pastors aren't people? The flock they have can't be considered to be a "Talent" that they have to grow?
Is a Pastor to be responsible in his ministry yes ..but he is to remember the words of Jesus that HE will build HIS church..not the feeble attempts of men...
How convenient. God works through and with man, not on man. The talent parable actually puts the onus on people to do the best with what they have. Calvinism, apparently, wants to wash its hands of any blame or responsibility.
You can call it cynical but we were right were we not ? All that "Ohmygod the world is ending" running to god stopped when they realized they would live, didn't it?? SD...no man seeks after God...no not one. God is a lucky charm to carnal man nothing more
Didja ever figure that the fatalism contributed to the end result? Oh, that's right. God decides everything, everything that happens is His fault.
SD
Can you name one thing that God could not have changed?