10-27-2022, 04:44 PM
(10-27-2022, 01:14 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: As for as you not caring about Reverend Warnock having a divorce and then Preaching tells me something about you. Some people like me take their Faith very serious. You may not care, but I and many others who read the Good Book do. It is not about him and his Church. You can't divorce one day and then Preach the next day and it is oky doky. Just like you can't have a public sexual sin as a Pastor one day and preach the next day. Divorce is a big issue with the Lord and that is for the regular person, for a Pastor to commit Adultery and then Preach to the folks is something else. The folks look up to their Man of Cloth, and he has to be beyond reproach.
This is just asinine. I have known many preachers/pastors/ministers in my life. Many of whom have been divorced and some remarried. I know two of them that are currently bishops in their denominations (head of the statewide area).
The idea that a pastor should be above reproach is, quite frankly, antithetical to Christianity. We are all sinners, our clergy included. Should they strive to live a good life? Absolutely, as should we all. This idea that we should put them on a pedestal, though, is contrary to the teachings of the New Testament. We are not worshipping the preacher, we are worshipping God, and nothing is perfect beyond God and God's love for us. We should be exercising understanding and forgiveness for those that fall short. Lifting them up.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
