Criticism. As a pastor I know that I have to expect criticism and learn to deal with it, but that can be easier said than done. Criticism comes in all shapes and sizes and some of it is easier to shrug off than others. For instance, when a senior adult woman told me my pants were too …
There are good ways to be critical and bad ways to be critical. Critical condition in the hospital is bad, as is a critical spirit within the church. But, being critical to the ministry of your church is a good thing. Those who voice their criticism the loudest are often not trying to destroy the …
“There will be very few people who are honest enough to say, ‘I don’t like your message, I don’t like to submit to this God. Yes, what you’re saying is in the Bible. But I reject the Bible because I don’t want God’s authority over my life.’ A thoroughly honest person like that is more …