Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Sory Bobby.

Sorry bout the slaking what can I say I am both incredibly lazy and incredibly busy with those two combined I am lucky I even have clean underwear on (well mostly clean anyway)
The Ponoka Ministerial met again today they meet every two months so my last taste was in September. I both love going there and hate it. I love it because I get to sit around a table with like ten different pastors plus a few other youth workers and really try to dig in deep to a Bible passage. We are reading through Timothy 2 and they just have such amazing things to share. Everyone listens because for once they are not "the pastor’ in the room so they relax and don’t preach but just share in God’s word with their colleagues. I love to listen, especially to some of the older guys. It just seems that after thirty, forty, or more years in the ministry, and having that mantle of leadership and immersing themselves in the Holy Spirit’s leading they just have such a humility and wisdom that it absolutely blows my sock off. I love it!
Then there is these two ladies from the United Church and the Anglican church and they bring this pluralistic garbage to the table. They are Pastors who preach and actually insist upon the idea that Jesus is only one way to salvation (not to be confused with THE only way) and each person needs to find their own path. If that were true then apparently God sent His Son to die on the cross for absolutely no reason, no, I don’t think so. It just makes me sick. I am not one who likes to judge people or their beliefs, I don’t like to condemn people. But I have seen the sort of poison they are preaching and it is even killing parts of the ministerial, this great group of ministers whom truly just want to serve their Jesus. But this false gospel is causing them to back away from any sort of ecumenical gathering because they refuse to be associated with these two churches that pollute the true gospel. The Guys don’t want to be heavy handed and just toss these two out on their ear, because not only would it look incredibly sexist that a bunch of guys kick two women out of the ministerial. But also because what kind of image does that show to the community in fracturing the partnership of churches. It just makes me so sad and sick to my stomach.
Like they say "The truth is out there." Funny thing is it is probably sitting on your shelf at home may even be sitting on your coffee table right under your nose.
Peace guys, have fun.
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1 comment:

Robin M said...

thanks for the update, timmy!

sometimes i wonder if women get into the ministry because they are power-hungry. it seems to me that the most messed up denominations have female pastors. am i right, or am i right? (and no, i don't care if that is offensive, because it's true. however, i have met ONE great lady pastor in my day. and she was a lutheran, which is somewhat unheard of.)