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To: tiredofallofit; newgeezer
A preacher's only authority is to preach and that is given to him by those who listen. So when you listen to a public school teacher or bill Nye or any media preach about gay marriage and global warming you are empowering your preacher.

2Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

245 posted on 01/08/2018 5:23:18 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: DungeonMaster

Excellent answer. In regard to preaching, you hit the nail on the head!

When I saw the headline, right away I wondered how much and what kinds of authority the writer believes a pastor has. (Furthermore, whose definition of “pastor” is he using?)

Since it’s mostly/only a KJV word—everywhere else, it’s better translated “shepherd”—I tend to suspect those who use it of having an unbiblical-clergy-vs-laity, Roman Catholic or apostate-protestant worldview.


254 posted on 01/08/2018 7:45:03 AM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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