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Only a man who is his own god thinks a man defending another is making him god.
*cough* fairy *cough*
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Only a man who is his own god thinks a man defending another is making him god.
I'm pretty sure most denoms, beyond just those who use the KJV, agree that unfaithfulness can certainly be grounds for divorce, but more importantly: what happens in another man's bedroom is none of your business unless one of them was showing signs of being abused or something of that nature.
Except for to first determine if a man qualifies as a pastor you first need to compare his life and actions to the qualifications of a pastor spelled out out in the Bible. Among those qualifications is "the husband of one wife".I've said it from the beginning: you shouldn't critique pastors from a place of ad hominem against their character, personality, or personal life. In debate terms, this is taking a very weak position. You should focus on their doctrinal positions and leave their personal life to God (unless they're abusing their power like Hyles or one of those jokers).
However, the stricter standard for determining the qualification of pastor has nothing to do with this.
1 wife = may meet the qualifications to be a pastor
2 wives = not a pastor
3 wives = not a pastor
4 wives = not a pastor
5 wives = not a pastor
It seems to me the 1 wife rule is in contrast to multiple wives. Based on scripture that mentions pastors that were apparently single along with the fact you had the apostle Paul who was single being single did not exclude you. What you don't find among the pastors of the Bible is one who is divorced.Are you certain the standard laid out in Titus and 1 Timothy is isolated from the allowed guidelines for divorce?
It is a legitimate question: if we are to isolate the passage in all literal interpretation like that, 1 Timothy clearly says a Bishop MUST be the husband of one wife: I know many pastors who are not married, therefore they do not have one wife. The passage says they "MUST". Should they step down? I'm not inclined to say no, it is a legitimate question.
Also, Titus says "having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly", do you have any idea how many married pastors have unruly children? Have you heard of the "curse of the PK" (pastors' kid)? Satan often attacks pastors' families the hardest: especially their kids. Should they step down the moment their children act out in an unruly manner? Clearly they broke Titus in that case. 1 lie makes one a liar, 1 unruly act makes one unruly, they don't need to do it more than once for it to be broken.
Whatever comes out of your rear will certainly be more intelligent than what exits your mouth.
Since we are all being asked to submit to the Lordship of Peter the Great,
we find how Satan recruited Ruckman as an agent provocateur, a troublemaker who will ultimately tum thousands away from the KJV.
This is for morons"Ruckmanism Exposed,"
I have a decree:
That's fine. I didn't need your permission, so thanks for nothing.Oh you don't have to participate if you don't want to, Ransom.
Yeah thought so, anybody else want to try?That's fine. I didn't need your permission, so thanks for nothing.