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Originally Posted by n david
I understand Christians in plural isn't what you were addressing; however, the plural is what was being addressed in the post first in my post here:
A1 responded with this:
And you then replied to A1 by changing the subject to individual responsibility -- which I don't believe anyone would argue your point.
But would you agree that things are not the same as they once were? People aren't as committed as in past decades. People are more distracted by jobs and entertainment than in previous decades.
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People have always been distracted with life, nothing has changed. People are dead heads who are apt to get religious. They cool down and cool off. Meanwhile one in the group gets on fire and then gets a wet blanket attack. Ministers have always been attacked, but while others go for mother's little helper, there are always that small few who are on their knees bombarding heaven.
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Originally Posted by n david
Back to the topic of the thread and I'll pose my original question to you: What has changed? This is not a new phenomenon. Ministry has always been under attack, always had stressful issues and discouraging situations. Yet only in the past decade or so are we hearing of ministers and saints on mood altering drugs or ministers committing suicide. Why do you believe this is?
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I heard about ministers on mind meds going way back. One down in Miami was cleaning his gun and ended up shooting himself in the head. There was an old brother in the ALJC (he was over their book store) he wrote a book on this. He told me himself that he went to leap off a bridge. Yet, he knew it was a devil. Not a plate of hot wings and blue cheese dressing, but a devil. When we are doing what we do, we need to realize it isn't diet which is coming against us, because we wrestle not against chili cheese dogs, demonic forces in high places.
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