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Pastors -- Ignoring the truth isn't helping anyone, Charlie Butts
(OneNewsNow.com) Tuesday, September 16, 2014
With the release of a new Barna survey, a ministry leader believes
people in the pews are not always hearing what they need to hear
from the pulpit.
According to study, 90 percent of pastors surveyed believe the Bible
says a lot about pressing political and social issues, but less than ten
percent actually preach about such topics. Sam Rohrer of the Ameri-
can Pastors' Network (APN) tells OneNewsNow America's culture
is suffering because of that.
Rohrer, Sam (PPN)"When those in the pulpit choose not to preach
the controversial portions or the portions that really affect our cul-
ture and the people in the pew, when that is done, confusion reigns"
Rohrer contends.
"And I would say that the pastors in the pulpit have sinned, and
they are going to have an awful lot to answer to before God himself
when they stand before him."
The study suggests that pastors do not want to offend people and
want their congregations to leave feeling warm and fuzzy, so they fail
to preach about sin, about the necessity of living a righteous life,
making biblically obedient decisions, because those tend to be uncom-
fortable; those challenge us, the APN president submits. "But that's
exactly what the Word of God is to do. So if we do not challenge peo-
ple in their lives, in their choices by what God says, we are failing in
the pulpit to deliver what God says, and our culture will suffer the
results."
Rohrer adds that if pastors do not speak to the culture in their ser-
mons, then people will not be equipped to impact the culture.
This post is from "OneNewsNow" with one single edit. The word
"God"appearing five lines from the close was rendered "Got" in
the original. Thanks and God bless.
donporter,sr 12.31.14, edited 4.15.17
Pastors -- Ignoring the truth isn't helping anyone, Charlie Butts
(OneNewsNow.com) Tuesday, September 16, 2014
With the release of a new Barna survey, a ministry leader believes
people in the pews are not always hearing what they need to hear
from the pulpit.
According to study, 90 percent of pastors surveyed believe the Bible
says a lot about pressing political and social issues, but less than ten
percent actually preach about such topics. Sam Rohrer of the Ameri-
can Pastors' Network (APN) tells OneNewsNow America's culture
is suffering because of that.
Rohrer, Sam (PPN)"When those in the pulpit choose not to preach
the controversial portions or the portions that really affect our cul-
ture and the people in the pew, when that is done, confusion reigns"
Rohrer contends.
"And I would say that the pastors in the pulpit have sinned, and
they are going to have an awful lot to answer to before God himself
when they stand before him."
The study suggests that pastors do not want to offend people and
want their congregations to leave feeling warm and fuzzy, so they fail
to preach about sin, about the necessity of living a righteous life,
making biblically obedient decisions, because those tend to be uncom-
fortable; those challenge us, the APN president submits. "But that's
exactly what the Word of God is to do. So if we do not challenge peo-
ple in their lives, in their choices by what God says, we are failing in
the pulpit to deliver what God says, and our culture will suffer the
results."
Rohrer adds that if pastors do not speak to the culture in their ser-
mons, then people will not be equipped to impact the culture.
This post is from "OneNewsNow" with one single edit. The word
"God"appearing five lines from the close was rendered "Got" in
the original. Thanks and God bless.
donporter,sr 12.31.14, edited 4.15.17
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