Pyromaniacs has a great post up today about the pastoral call--and how we ought not wait for one before we begin ministering, but rather ought to simply heed what the Scripture actually says--that if a man desires the office (which means "duty" in Latin, by the way) of elder/pastor, he desires a noble work, and that he ought to joyfully conform with certain moral requirements.
The problem with "the call," besides the fact that it's really given to apostles and prophets, not pastors, is that (a) it substitutes a private experience for the authority of Scripture of whether one is qualified for that duty, and (b) it allows the lazy to avoid their duties by making it an issue not of Biblical commands, but rather of a subjective "call."
A Man’s Guide to the Field Jacket
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Several years ago, I picked up a field jacket inspired by field jackets
from the 20th century. I needed something for those weeks in the fall and
spring ...
13 hours ago
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