Kevin McGill posts this quote from Eugene Peterson:
They want managers of their religious company. They want a pastor they can follow so they won't have to bother with following Jesus anymore.There's a tension here. As pastors we need to lead, so that others will follow. But we need to lead in such a way that people follow Jesus rather than ourselves.
Eugene Peterson, The Unneccessary Pastor
Comments
"We don't want to think for ourselves; we want a pastor or leader or cleric to tell us what to think, to tell us what is right and wrong, to define law. But Jesus never intended for this, he came and granted us the freedom to think for ourselves and gave us the responsibility to do it."
Ok, those are my words, but the idea is there.
(When I finally dig that book out of my storage, I will provide correct details.)
For the most part, Christians don't know what they believe, or why they believe what they believe, and couldn't logically defend their beliefs when challanged.
I'd be richer than the pope if I had a loonie for every time I heard this final argument (meant to end all other arguments):
But it's in the Bible!