The Freedomist
ARE YOU SPINNING YOUR WHEELS?
May I make a confession? Share with you what I did wrong? Hopefully you will say yes. For I need to do this. Lay my mistake out in front of you. Because I was not perfect. Without flaw. Never was. Never am. Never will be.
As a pastoral leader I made many pulpit pronouncements. These pronouncements set forth my expectations of church members. Those expectations were often very general and lacked specific direction. For example, I urged that we need to have a healthy church; disciple others regularly; share our faith with others effectively; or, even utilize our spiritual gifts daily.
It has now finally dawned on me that my expectations lacked good sense. For while I expected all my pronouncements to be followed by church members, I was guilty of expecting them to do something in which they had no training. No instruction. No preparation. No plan or procedure for
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on Jan 15 2011. Filed under healthy church training.
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