"if a pastor isn't pissed about something...he probably doesn't preach/lead from passion and conviction, but rather from convenience and apathy. Every leader that did something significant in the Scriptures was ANGRY about something...
- Moses was angry about his people being enslaved.
- David was angry about Goliath.
- Jesus and Paul were angry about religious people.
- Nehemiah was ANGRY...godly anger! He was full of passion...godly passion. He did some things that would be considered unorthodox in today's world (read Nehemiah 13)... yet there is not one single Scripture rebuking him for how he acted."
So do you agree, disagree or have a "yeah, but"? Can being passionate about the things God is passionate about be wrong? Is apathy the general rule or the exception today for most leaders? Do you think we are more concerned with being nice than being Godly? Jesus had some harsh words for the religious (the church people) in his day, but not usually for the sinners he encountered. Do we have that backwards now? Do we risk being unkind to those we lead in the church or take the easy road and just be nice? Let me know what you think. The more I think about leadership, the more I realize that my passions may piss some people off. Not intentionally, but because I want to be true to what God is placing in front of me to do and that may conflict with where they are at. Just wondering aloud and would like some feedback.
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I read the same blog you did I guess. I think he's right to a degree. Was Jesus mad about some things? Yes. Was he mad every time he preached? No. Maybe a good measuring stick for preachers is to compare the tone of their sermons to those of Jesus. I'm probably "off-base" if all of my sermons make people feel good. But I'm also off base if they are angry rants.
I do think we (church folks) tend to try to please other church folks too much. Maybe because we think "love" means that we are to be really nice & passive.
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