Pray For Pastors

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Pastoral work is unlike any other vocation, not because of the…

>> long hours worked (doctors, nurses, and first responders may work more).

>> physical demands of the work (blue collar workers exert more)

>> intellectual efforts employed (scholars and lawyers study more)

>> organizational oversight given (CEOs may manage more)

>> leadership provided (Military officers may provide more)

BUT because of…

(1) The STAKES of his ministry of higher (no less than heaven and hell; 1 Tim. 4:16),

(2) The WEIGHT of his unique accountability to God (as one who “will give an account” – Heb 13:17; cf. 1 Cor. 3:12-15; Jas. 3:1)

(3) The PROMISE of a unique reward from God (1 Peter 5:4)

In these realities—all matters UNSEEN rather than seen—pastoral ministry is a vocation unmatched by any other earthly vocation.

  •  Pastor Jeff Wiesner

Eastern Orthodoxy – A Brief Explanation

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“The New Testament Bereans tested even apostolic preaching against Scripture (Acts 17:11). If apostolic teaching was commendably tested by Scripture, how much more must the voices of later centuries, whether patristic or medieval, be subjected to the Word of God. Eastern Orthodoxy claims her tradition merely interprets Scripture, citing Paul’s exhortation to ‘hold fast the traditions’ (2 Thess. 2:15). Yet Paul’s ‘traditions’ were his own apostolic teaching, not later inventions. Eastern Orthodoxy tradition functions as an independent source, smothering the sufficiency of Scripture with speculative accretions.” – Craig Ireland