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Originally Posted by Brother Strange
Beecher was Lincoln's preacher, if I rightly recall. He kept the people spell bound as he spoke so eloquently.
Preacher adoration has been with us since the days of Paul. Some said that they were of Paul other said that they were of Cephas. Paul asked them, "so who died for you?"
That adoration is quite normal, expecially when that preacher loved that lost soul to the saving knowledge of He who loves above all. It is not something to be condemned neccessarily, unless it becomes more than the love of God that attaches a soul to a Father figure. I adore brother Kilgore. He is my hero, a father to me. He once told me who his hero is. It is entirely and spiritually natural. The most powerful and productive churches are those in whom their pastor became the father to all. If I were a pastor, I would be a father...as true of a father as I am to my own children. I believe a wise Pastor would seek to become such...through unfeigned love, true devotion and dedicated to a life of service for whom Jesus died.
Just my opinion, of course.
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I like this post!
My first pastor, who won me to the Lord, I viewed him as a father figure and I believe many of us did. He instilled some very good principles that have influenced my life and always will.
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