- The Rich Preacher-man is Not Evil?
Preachers and money, the issue can be confusing. But, money does not make anyone evil, even a preacher-man; despite Jesus’ words about it being “easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle, than for a rich [preacher] man to enter the kingdom of heaven”. Jesus followed up the statement by telling his disciples that ‘with God’s will, all things become possible’.
I tend to dispute most book writing preacher-man teachings, even if I am not vocal about it.
Nevertheless, there are some who I respect, e.g. Max Lucado is a book writing preacher-man, that I respect. If one is looking for a preacher-man to read, he couldn’t go wrong with Mr. Lucado.
Dr. Lee Camp “Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World” is another, although, I don’t know if Dr. Camp would qualify as a preacher-man.
Dr. N.T. Wright’s book “Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense” is a good book too, much of Dr. Wrights work is sound, I have not read or heard anything that I can say was unchristian. Also, if you want, you can listen to NT Wright in my playlist titled “I Volgged these”.
I am subtle about my beliefs on being a warrior. But, many of The Art of War videos that I’ve done will imply my understanding of how a disciple is to act as a warrior.
Jesus is our example as a warrior King.
- How did he fulfill his role?
- What were the goals that Jesus had set? Or asked another way; what did Jesus establish as his measure for victory?
- Did Jesus prevail in his battles? Did he prevail in his war?
- Did Jesus have an exit strategy for his “army”? If so, what was the exit strategy?
Watch Chapter 11 part 4 and then try to answer the question I placed at the ending of the video, it should lead to a conclusion about me and my role as a warrior.
One must take the answers for the meaning of life.
No one can give us the answers. We must take the answers, of our own free will. The Creator allows us the power to choose what we want; Truth or lie.
Truth is not a gift that “wise” men & women give away, to people with deep philosophical questions.
Truth is the the way reality exists! and it does not change for the wise or the foolish, it doesn’t change for the knowledgeable or the ignorant.
Truth is not dependent upon whether or not one accepts it.
Truth is! and our true power is to accept it, or our true weakness is to believe lies.
Either way we choose to go, is very powerful, but the ultimate consequences are like night and day.
Yes indeed, the ‘end game’, for each person who makes the choice, is like the difference between heaven & hell.
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Nice work. I think that when you get around to reading Greg Boyd’s “The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church”, that it too will make your list of good books written by preacher man authors.
Here is Boyd’s thesis in his own words:
“My thesis which caused such an uproar, is this: I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism is guilty of nationalistic and political idolatry, to a frightful degree, I think, evangelicals fuse the kingdom of God with a preferred version of the kingdom of the world (whether it’s our national interests, a particular form of government, a particular political program, or so on). Rather than focusing our understanding of God’s Kingdom on the person of Jesus- who incidentally, never allowed himself to get pulled into the political disputes of his day- I believe many of us American evangelicals have allowed our understanding of the Kingdom of God to be polluted with political ideals, agendas, and issues.”
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