I'm sorry... I didn'trealize "He" was your father... I thought you know this pastor.
But you get my point that even a "bible-believing" pastor cannot help but to select the passages which make his point, and disregard the passages that don't. It's unavoidable, since people can't possibly know the fullness of others' arguments.
You have no idea how we Catholics roll our eyes at "bible-believing." As if we Catholics weren't bible-believing? Do you understand my point as to why Catholics don't simply cite chapter and verse?
Well, the goal for him is to pull me more into belief.
But, really, it would never be my place to judge another's belief in God. I've always thought that the belief grows in depth as the heart matures in the church. Ideally, children are luckiest because they learn from those all around them. Perhaps their faith and joy is greater.