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» Brian Tubbs - What Motivates

In response to What Motivates posted by pink101:

What were the inner questions you had to answer for yourself.

What is God's will for my life? In what way can I make the most meaningful difference in the lives of others?
What will bring me the most inner fulfillment and contentment?

What did you think you would achieve by becoming a minister?

I didn't (and don't) expect to achieve anything per se in becoming a minister. However, if I can be the kind of minister God wants me to be, I think of the promise in Proverbs: "Delight thyself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart."

Were any goals involved that being a minister would help fulfill?

In terms of career milestones...not so much. In terms of using my gifts and talents...I wanted a vocation that would allow me to: a) make a meaningful difference in people's lives, b) study, c) write, d) speak in public, and e) help build some kind of entity or presence that would outlast me.

Do you expect any special kind of rewards?

A big-screen TV, stock options, a nice car (no-make that a few nice cars), and a private jet.

Seriously....I'd have to think about that. My initial answer is to refer you to my previous answers. I would like to think that, on this earth, I would have the opportunity to support myself and my family by doing the work I love.

But...ultimately...what matters most is my reward in heaven. I have no expectation there, just a hope that I will hear those words: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

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» pink101 - What Motivates

In response to What Motivates posted by BrianTubbs:
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Is there a higher calling than to be a minister?
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» Brian Tubbs - High calling?

In response to What Motivates posted by pink101:

Growing up, I heard several Baptist pastors say that the call to be a pastor was the highest calling. I don't agree. I think God has a plan and purpose for each person, and it's that individual's job to follow that calling (whatever it may be). I don't think it's appropriate or healthy to compare callings in a "Mine is better than yours" kind of way.

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» pink101 - High calling?

In response to High calling? posted by BrianTubbs:
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Good for you.

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» pink101 - One of The Problems

In response to High calling? posted by BrianTubbs:

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One of the problems in a career as a minister has to do with the limits beyond which one cannot move--for fear of being defrocked. This is true not only for Seventh Day Adventists and Baptists; but, also for the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church including the Pope all the way down to Altar Boy.
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Actually, the tendency is to force one to lead a double life. Would Ted Haggard had to have given up his job if he were a CEO for some Hollywood movie production studio>

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» Brian Tubbs - One of The Problems

In response to One of The Problems posted by pink101:

Is it inappropriate to expect pastors and preachers to live their lives consistently with what they teach or preach?

I think churches, by and large, accept that their leaders are human. But there are some sins that genuinely compromise a person's ability to continue to carry out their job?

Also...I'm not sure we want the country to live according to Hollywood values anyway?

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» pink101 - One of The Problems

In response to One of The Problems posted by BrianTubbs:
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"Is it inappropriate to expect pastors and preachers to live their lives consistently with what they teach or preach?"
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No, it is appropriate. But, what happens when what they teach or preach is no longer consistent with what they believe? Do they willingly go to the stake to be burned alive as was the fate of Jon Hus? Or, do they think twice before they open their mind to alternatives as you are doing? Be careful of your relationships with wine bibbers. You might end up being excoriated.
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» Migisi - One of The Problems

In response to One of The Problems posted by pink101:

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But, what happens when what they teach or preach is no longer consistent with what they believe?
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What did Martin Luther do?

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» pink101 - One of The Problems

In response to One of The Problems posted by Migisi:
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I have an idea that Brian might be a man of courage.
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You never know.
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» Migisi - One of The Problems

In response to One of The Problems posted by pink101:

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Ah, the courage of a young man...
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and the wisdom of an old one.

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-- posted by Migisi

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