As we continue to learn in this class, I keep learning how much work it is to be a pastor! They do so much more work than I ever thought about. They have many roles to play and many things to do. They preach, counsel, evangelize, and are a prophet. Preaching is perhaps the one job that everyone knows a pastor does. It is way harder than most think. Each pastor has a different way preaching. One thing I observed from all of our guest speakers, is that they take a lot of time to think over the passage they are going to preach. They read it many times and let the text sink in. Then they figure out what God is trying to tell them and how to apply it to the lives of the congregation. When they are preaching, they need to be listening to and for
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Counseling can be very difficult, and many pastors struggle with this because they do not feel trained to do it. It is very important that the pastor knows when to refer someone to a professional. Our guest speaker, Dr. Dan, gave many reasons for why a pastor may be counseling someone. He shared a lot about his past experiences with people. He talked about how many people came to him seeking help and how he soon became the counseling pastor in his church. Dr. Dan talked about how he did it because he cared for the people in his congregation and wanted to help them. It also lead him to change his mind in seminary and peruse a degree in psychology. It is also important to remember that people are not just objects with problems to be fixed, as we learned from Eugene …show more content…
However, this is not true. If you have received Christ as your personal Savior, then you are a prophet. We discussed in class how prophets lived awful lives. No one ever believed what they were saying until it happened. They were treated like garbage and many spent their lives in jail. They told the truth. This leads to personal crucifixion. However, we do this for the community. We should be telling the truth, even though it hurts and can cause us pain. The prophets of the Old Testament endured this and so can we. All pastoral activity should have prophetic activity because Jesus did this. Our goal is to be like Christ so we need to be prophets who tell the truth, even though it may cause
Counseling can be very difficult, and many pastors struggle with this because they do not feel trained to do it. It is very important that the pastor knows when to refer someone to a professional. Our guest speaker, Dr. Dan, gave many reasons for why a pastor may be counseling someone. He shared a lot about his past experiences with people. He talked about how many people came to him seeking help and how he soon became the counseling pastor in his church. Dr. Dan talked about how he did it because he cared for the people in his congregation and wanted to help them. It also lead him to change his mind in seminary and peruse a degree in psychology. It is also important to remember that people are not just objects with problems to be fixed, as we learned from Eugene …show more content…
However, this is not true. If you have received Christ as your personal Savior, then you are a prophet. We discussed in class how prophets lived awful lives. No one ever believed what they were saying until it happened. They were treated like garbage and many spent their lives in jail. They told the truth. This leads to personal crucifixion. However, we do this for the community. We should be telling the truth, even though it hurts and can cause us pain. The prophets of the Old Testament endured this and so can we. All pastoral activity should have prophetic activity because Jesus did this. Our goal is to be like Christ so we need to be prophets who tell the truth, even though it may cause