Sentences with phrase «problem as a preacher»

One of the most intelligent, thoughtful, and personally appealing pastors I ever encountered had just one problem as a preacher.

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One big problem today is that the world is full of preachers who don't have the guts to tell the truth and just give people their weekly feel good and sent them out into the world just as lost as they ever were.

As Christian preacher Adrian Rogers put it, «The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.»

The fundamental (excuse the pun) problems with far - right Christianity are exactly the same issues our Savior spoke about to the Pharisees: judgmentalism, hypocrisy, intolerance, and the hyper - extremity of observing the letter of the law rather than its spirit (as evidenced by statements from various preachers that people such gays and disobedient children should be killed).

But despite the linguistic problems associated with this designation, it seems that the epithet «preacher,» in the sense of «pastor,» is indeed an appropriate one, at least theologically.36 According to Duncan Macdonald, we have done Qoheleth an injustice by viewing his work as reflecting only a spirit of resignation and despair.

The job of a Christian preacher, he said, is to «proclaim the given gospel to the given world,» The given gospel — that is to say, the gospel which has come to him from the Christian tradition which he represents and for which in his preaching function he speaks; the given world — that is to say, men and women in their actual concrete situation, with their interests and worries, their concerns and their problems, And the two are to go together, so that the gospel will be heard and (one hopes) accepted by those who hear its proclamation as directly relevant to their own lives.

We have said something about the place of the Bible in the living Christian tradition which preachers represent and for which they function; we have discussed a few of the problems or questions which are raised both for preachers and for people; and we have tried to sum up the theological and moral implications of the gospel as these have been worked out in the tradition down the centuries.

The problem facing the preacher as Biblical interpreter has frequently been framed on the «Word of God — word of man» dichotomy.

The problem with these street preachers is that they are closer to Pharisees than disciples of Christ because they slander with shallow judgment despite what the numerous passages that condemn such actions such as Matthew 7, Luke 3, John 7:24, John 8, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6, Galatians 5, Ephesians 4 - 5, Colossians 3, Titus 1 - 3, and 1 Peter 2.

While Dostoevsky would surely admire the papacy's stance against the encroachment of materialistic rationalism, his main problem with the pope was that he acted as a temporal lord rather than as the preacher of the Christ whose Kingdom is not of this world.

Virtually no Christians sell their goods and give the proceeds to the poor as Jesus commanded, and no preist, pope, preacher or whatever asks them to — because it is stunningly bad advice that will impoverish people and lead to substantial social problems.

As noted in the article, too many of the richest and most famous preachers will simply not acknowledge there is a problem.

Watch the first reveal of Preacher's story in Medal of Honor Warfighter's Single Player campaign as Preacher and his fellow teammates are sent in to solve the problem.