Comments on: American Idolatry: “Men” http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/american-idolatry-men ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:29:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 2m http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/american-idolatry-men/comment-page-1#comment-7142 2m Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:38:10 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/american-idolatry-men#comment-7142 I like your usage of Aaron and the golden calf; the calf being the image they fashioned out of that which they plundered, by God's command, from the Egyptians. IOW they worshipped the image of their own making with what God had given them when they left Egypt. Regrettably, it looks like the same old problem today. The true Shepherd came to point us to a right relationship with to God. It really wasn't about finding another "system". Regards, MM I like your usage of Aaron and the golden calf; the calf being the image they fashioned out of that which they plundered, by God’s command, from the Egyptians. IOW they worshipped the image of their own making with what God had given them when they left Egypt. Regrettably, it looks like the same old problem today.

The true Shepherd came to point us to a right relationship with to God. It really wasn’t about finding another “system”.

Regards,
MM

]]> By: Aimee Milburn http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/american-idolatry-men/comment-page-1#comment-7140 Aimee Milburn Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:51:41 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/american-idolatry-men#comment-7140 This is a really insightful post. I'm glad you wrote about it, because it verifys my own thinking on the suject. I'm a former evangelical, convert to RC and friend of Emergent, and have thought a lot about the almost superstar-status of some evangelical pastors, and what sometimes looks like a cult of personality. In the Catholic world, pastors get reassigned every few years, sometimes sooner and sometimes later, and congregations don't have any control over the process. There are pros and cons to this system. On the downside, you can get stuck with a pastor you don't like for a long time, or lose a pastor you do like after a short time. But if you're lucky you get a pastor you love for a long time. Regardless, however, sooner or later every pastor moves on, and you learn not to get attached to the pastor himself as your leader, though you may love him and get attached to him as a person, but to be attached to Christ as the leader, because although pastors change, Christ always remains. This, I think, is healthy. Not sure how you would apply this in your world, but I think you're on to something. Thanks again. This is a really insightful post. I’m glad you wrote about it, because it verifys my own thinking on the suject.

I’m a former evangelical, convert to RC and friend of Emergent, and have thought a lot about the almost superstar-status of some evangelical pastors, and what sometimes looks like a cult of personality.

In the Catholic world, pastors get reassigned every few years, sometimes sooner and sometimes later, and congregations don’t have any control over the process. There are pros and cons to this system. On the downside, you can get stuck with a pastor you don’t like for a long time, or lose a pastor you do like after a short time. But if you’re lucky you get a pastor you love for a long time.

Regardless, however, sooner or later every pastor moves on, and you learn not to get attached to the pastor himself as your leader, though you may love him and get attached to him as a person, but to be attached to Christ as the leader, because although pastors change, Christ always remains.

This, I think, is healthy. Not sure how you would apply this in your world, but I think you’re on to something. Thanks again.

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