August 10 1995, the first European football match, I viewed live. Inter Milan 0 @ Arsenal 0, friendly, Arsenal Stadium.
Edited: April 28, 2021
Know your place
Statement 1: This is paraphrased from what I have heard recently in a sermon. I have added to it slightly.
If you want to lead within Christian ministry, you had first learn how to follow within Christian ministry.
Statement 2: This is originally mine, I suppose somewhat, anyway in this context.
Know your place...
(Dedicated to The Rage, that mentioned my statement the other day).
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In other words, 'wanna be' types that do not want to submit to biblical leadership (1 Timothy and Titus, as key New Testament examples), should not seek any type of Christian leadership. Even as he/she often mysteriously and supposedly 'knows better' via the Holy Spirit than the vast majority of local Church leadership, well-known established bible teachers and those that are documented scholars. Such persons are often unwilling to earn reasonable, proper, related educational levels and degrees, academically, while being led by the Holy Spirit, which is God (Matthew 28: 16-20, Acts 5 as examples).They are often not willing to submit to leadership to learn how to practically minister.
On the other hand, there are some, that if they have formal education, they have made philosophical assumptions that are in error and these people corrupt the scripture significantly.
I am not an intellectual snob, one can learn outside the context of formal education. I have learned much through my website work which is informal. But one must submit to the scripture in context and seek solid, biblical and related sources to be within significant, New Testament truth.
Those that wish to lead without first following, those that teach the scripture in context, and those that do not realize he/she should never lead, risk becoming false teachers and even cultists. Christian cultists or maybe, Lord forbid, non-Christian cultists.
My ministry consists of significant, technical, website work, Zoom meetings and personal theological advice for that contact me. That is my place, for now. I submit to my Church, as a member. I serve as theologian for a study group. I submitted to the learning institutions where I earned my degrees.
1 Timothy 6:3-4
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not [a]agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, 4 he is conceited and understands nothing; but he [b]has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, Footnotes a) 1 Timothy 6:3 Lit come to; or come with b) 1 Timothy 6:4 Lit is sick about
