Oz and Walker

[BengalYankee]

(10-27-2022, 04:44 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 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.

What you wrote above is asinine. What you wrote is your opinion. What follows is "The Word".

1 Timothy 3:2–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.





Titus 1:6
English Standard Version
6 qif anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,4 and his children are believers5 and not open to the charge of rdebauchery or insubordination.


1 Timothy 3:8

Qualifications for Deacons

8 iDeacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,3 jnot addicted to much wine, knot greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must lhold the mystery of the faith with ma clear conscience. 10 And nlet them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 oTheir wives likewise4 must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, pfaithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be qthe husband of one wife, qmanaging their children and their own households well. 13 For rthose who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.