That’s it . . worldly Christianity (if there is such a thing really) is just that . . a business, headed up generally by a petted “pastor” or petted power couple whom the congregation leaders lavish with a large percentage of the total church income because, after all, he’s “ordained” and has an inside track with the Lord that no one else has. So, the cream is skimmed off the top for the power couple, and by the time the electric bill and music supplies and the rest of the operations bills are paid, the Lord gets a pittance that may go to the poor or to Christian missions. I think it is using Christ as a means to build a personal kingdom in many cases. (Oh, I know, I know, YOUR pastor is different . . and the Lord bless him if he is, but a lot of them aren’t . .)
ken silva isn’t my pastor... but sure wish he was.
Actually my pastor regularly gets up there and tells his congregation to come to him and correct him if he says or does something stupid. He acknowledges that he may not respond to correction rightly either sometimes but that in his heart of hearts he wants truth and wants above all to be told the truth and be corrected.
But I hear ya regarding the rest of it.
And never should we put any man on a pedestal and think he couldn’t grow into a monster of apostasy... because that is exactly what will happen when he gets too many ego strokers around him.