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Latin American Evangelical Alliance examines challenges of credibility and pastoral care in Ibero-America
Pastor Ronald Vargas Badilla, president of the Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation (FA…
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The Next Hour Is Enough
Sometimes hope is not a bright light on the horizon. Sometimes it is simply reaching the next hour—and allowing someone else to help us reach it. A thought for World Suicide Prevention Day.
The Story Changed: Recognizing Abuse in Complicated Situations
As I got ready to unlock the church for a brother and sister, the two began to fight, leading the brother to accuse her of all kinds of things. “Do you know what she uses all your money for? Why don’t you tell him! Tell him what you do with the money!”
Confused by the sudden arguing, I eventually told them both to stay in the car while I went inside the church to get the food. The woman was so angry that she started hitting the man in the face. He got out of the car immediately as I yelled at her to stop. She then threw the car into drive and sped away loudly.
I was now left with a stranger sitting on my church steps, holding his face. He didn’t appear to be bleeding—just timid and confused. I made sure he was okay and then asked what I could do for him. He asked for a ride to his parents’ house, where he could stay the night on their porch. I agreed to the request and walked inside to grab something when my phone started buzzing. It was the woman. I answered and suddenly found myself in a very different story from the one I thought I was living.
“Why would you just leave your brother here like that?” I asked.
“What? That’s not my brother! That’s my abusive ex I’ve been telling you about! He turns everyone against me, just like he turned you against me just now! I kicked him out of the house, and he’s been living inside my car ever since, and I can’t get him out!”
My heart sank. The timid man on my front steps was not who I thought he was, and I was not about to drive an abusive manipulator home who was now only in my care because he was sleeping in a car he should have never been in. I couldn’t trust him, nor did I want to be in a car alone with him.
I came out and told him that I had just talked to his girlfriend and that I didn’t know that he had forced himself into her car without permission. I told him I couldn’t help him, but based on where he said his parents were, it wouldn’t be too far a walk. The man appeared confused and sad in response to the shift in dynamics.
“You’re not going to help me?” he said sadly. “I just got beat up. You’re going to make me walk?”
“Sorry, man,” I said as I pointed. “You’ll want to head in that direction based on what you told me. It’s not that far.”
At that point, he dropped the charade and his voice shifted entirely. “Oh, I see how it is. Well, guess what? I will remember your name, Jameson. And as soon as I find the police, I’ll tell them about what you did!”
As I went back inside the church, I couldn’t help but want to laugh at the idea of him reporting someone named Jameson to the police for not giving him a ride home. I stuck around the church for a while to ensure he left the property and didn’t mess with the building. Strangely enough, I saw him try to flag down a cop who drove past, so I called the police and informed them of the situation.
I wish I could say the story got better after that, but the woman was stuck in a multitude of situations that made life incredibly difficult. Over the next few years, I had to figure out when I could help, when I couldn’t, and when helping hurt. The abusive boyfriend continued to play a part in the background throughout much of her story, which continued to exacerbate the difficulties already there.
We do our best to pastor faithfully in complicated situations, which can be quite messy sometimes. If the topic of abuse is new to you, here are a few heartbreaking, but important books to check out:
No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark
Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project by Betsy McAlister Groves
The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls by Elizabeth Gerhardt
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help by Jackson Katz
https://jaminbradley.com/2023/12/09/jesus-the-church-and-gender-abuse/
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The Problem of False Preacher Teacher Clerical Ministering Within Modern Day Churches
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The Problem of False Preacher Teacher Clerical Ministering Within Modern Day Churches
The table of the Lord is Holy.
The food we receive must come from the Priest-King Himself—pure, undefiled, and flowing from the Holiest of All.
Yet in our time, that table has been defiled.
The church has become a place where food offered to idols is served. These idols are not of wood and stone but of political causes, cultural trends, social programmes, and false moral appearances. They are the idols of the age, and they have been brought into the sanctuary.
The Social Gospel, with all its political causes and cultural trends, is such an idol.
It sounds compassionate to the natural ear, but it sacrifices the true Gospel on the altar of this world. It offers earthly reform where the Priest-King Jesus Christ offers heavenly reconciliation.
It speaks of systems and power where He speaks of the cross and the throne of grace. It rearranges deck chairs on a sinking ship. It offers programs where it should offer presence. It offers politics where it should offer peace. It offers activism where it should offer adoration.
This is not the Gospel. It is a counterfeit—a substitute that speaks of earthly kingdoms while ignoring the heavenly. It is food wrapped in pretty paper, but inside is rotting meat. It is a deception, a snare, and a trap.
Congregations that consume this food are not being heart-fed; they are being mind-fed. Their souls are starved while their minds are filled with the philosophies of men. Those who serve this food as if it were the Gospel are not acting as faithful shepherds of the flock; they are leading souls away from the true pasture.
We make it very clear, we do not seek merely to promote our own theology within COFE-CYEM by pointing the finger at (any) other theologies, denominations or faiths. COFE-CYEM itself makes many claims around our theology, our belief system and our faith.
We do not expect or ask everybody to just blindly believe our way of seeing and believing. All we seek is to call attention to the issue of the church and faith itself being used as a Trojan Horse for (worldly) purposes in order to further the interests of man and not God Himself.
We implore our followers respectfully – if you ever feel, suspect or see anything whatsoever within our own theology or posts here on COFE-CYEM that you believe is pushing (worldly) purposes or schemes, then please call us out and expose us.
We are no different or more righteous than any other brother or sister in Christ. But if we were to be found (using) the true Gospel as a Trojan Horse to push a false Gospel for our own purposes – then we are truly lost indeed.
The Nature of the Deception
The danger arises whenever social action, political programmes, or cultural causes become substitutes for the proclamation of Christ crucified and risen, rather than fruits flowing from communion with Him.
The New Testament consistently presents love for neighbour and care for the poor as genuine expressions of faith, not as alternatives to it.
The error is not in caring for the needy or seeking justice. The error is in presenting such activities as the Gospel itself, or as a sufficient substitute for repentance, faith in Christ, and the new birth.
Those who preach this substitute gospel speak of power where the Priest-King spoke of weakness. They speak of victory where He spoke of the cross. They speak of this world as if it were the only world. They have departed from the faith and given themselves over to the spirit of the age.
They have exchanged the Gospel of the finished work for a gospel of social reform. They have exchanged the cross for a political platform. They have exchanged the throne of grace for a seat of power. They have exchanged the rest that remains for the restless striving of the world. They have exchanged the Holiest of All for the outer courts of carnal religion.
This is not a judgment on persons but a discernment of teaching. We do not know the hearts of those who preach these things, and we leave their final judgment to God.
We are called to test the spirits and to distinguish between the pure food of the Gospel and the poisoned food that has been offered to idols. The warning is not against individuals but against the teaching itself, which, however attractively packaged, leads away from Christ.
The Rot Beneath the Wrapping
False teaching often comes wrapped in the language of the Bible, the imagery of the cross, and the emotions of the congregation. It speaks of love, justice, and compassion, but it hollows out their meaning. It is like the fig tree that had leaves but no fruit—a show of life without the reality of life.
Congregations that consume this food are being fed a diet of politics, activism, and social reform, but they are not being fed the pure Word of God.
They are being told to fight for earthly causes, but they are not being told to enter the Holiest of All. They are being told to change the world, but they are not being told to rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.
They are being told to be activists, but they are not being told to be worshippers. They are being told to build the kingdom of God on earth, but they are not being told that the Kingdom of God is within them.
The food that is being served is a gospel of the flesh, a gospel of the world, a gospel of the age. It has no power to save, no power to transform, and no power to bring the soul into the presence of God.
It leads to exhaustion, burnout, and disillusionment. It leads away from the Priest-King, not toward Him. It leads to the outer court, not the Holiest of All. The invitation to serve God in the world becomes a substitute for the invitation to abide in Christ.
The True Gospel and the Mind of Christ
The real Gospel is not a gospel of prosperity, politics, or social reform disguised as salvation. It is not a gospel of emotional experience without transformation.
The real Gospel is this: Jesus Christ, the Priest-King has entered the Holiest of All through His own blood.
The veil is torn.
The way is open.
Every soul who draws near through Him receives mercy, finds grace, and enters the rest that remains.
He ever lives to make intercession.
He brings God to us and us to God. In Him, we are accepted. In Him, we are kept. In Him, the endless life of God flows freely to all who will come. That is the Gospel. Not a portion of it. Not a version of it. It.
The mind of Christ is not the mind of carnal man, which seeks power, recognition, and earthly comfort. The mind of Christ empties itself, takes the form of a servant, becomes obedient unto death, and is exalted by the Father. The mind of Christ builds the church on the rock of revelation, and the gates of hell do not prevail against it.
The mind of Christ measures faithfulness by abiding in the Father’s presence. Those who preach the substitute gospel do not have the mind of Christ. They have the mind of the flesh, the mind of the world, the mind of the age.
They have not entered the Holiest of All. They have not passed through the veil. They have not been cleansed by the blood. They have not received the endless life. They remain in the outer courts, serving the idols of the age.
The Call of This Hour: Wake Up and Return
The call of this hour is clear. The pews empty because souls are hungry for reality—not programs, not politics, not noise, but the living presence of God in truth. Congregations must wake up. They must open their eyes to the deception of false teaching.
They must stop eating the food that has been sacrificed to idols. They must return to the table of the Lord, where pure food is served—the finished work of the Priest-King, the open way into the Holiest of All, the rest that remains, and the endless life that flows from His intercession.
The table of the Lord has been turned into a place where food offered to idols is served. The Gospel of the finished work has been exchanged for a gospel of social reform. The cross has been exchanged for a political platform. The throne of grace has been exchanged for a seat of power.
The rest that remains has been exchanged for the restless striving of the world. The Holiest of All has been exchanged for the outer courts of carnal religion. The church has been used as a Trojan Horse for political purposes, hiding its true agenda behind the language of compassion, justice, and love.
The congregations that continue to consume this food are being poisoned. They are being led astray. They are being robbed of their inheritance. They are being kept from the Holiest of All, from the rest that remains, from the endless life, from the Priest-King.
The time has come for them to wake up. The time has come for them to return. The time has come for them to stop eating the rotting meat and to come to the table of the Lord, where pure food is served.
The true church of the real Gospel is often small, overlooked, and ridiculed. But it knows the voice of the Shepherd. It does not follow the stranger. It abides in the Word. It dwells in the Holiest. The true church does not eat food sacrificed to idols. It does not bow to the false gods of the age.
It does not compromise the table of the Lord. It preaches the real Gospel—Christ and Him crucified. It preaches the finished work. It preaches the endless life. It preaches the open way into the Holiest of All. It calls every soul to draw near. It calls every church to open the doors. It calls every believer to cease from striving and rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.
The Contrast: The Olive Tree and the Wicked
Psalm 52 powerfully contrasts the man who trusts in his own strength and deceit with the one who trusts in God’s unfailing love and flourishes in His house. The Psalm speaks of the wicked man who boasts of evil, whose tongue plots destruction, who loves evil rather than good, and who trusts in his great wealth and grows strong by destroying others.
This is the image of the one who trusts in his own strength, his own position, his own power. The Psalm declares that God will bring him down to everlasting ruin, snatch him up, tear him from his tent, and uproot him from the land of the living.
But the righteous is like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God, trusting in God’s unfailing love forever and ever. The righteous praises God forever and hopes in His name.
This is the image of the true believer—the one who trusts in the finished work of the Priest-King, who abides in the Holiest of All, who is sustained by the unfailing love of God through Jesus Christ who ever lives to make intercession.
The true believer does not boast in evil or trust in human schemes, false popular moral sounding social constructs or political power. The true believer trusts in the finished work of the Priest-King Yeshua Emet Melchizedek Salem—Christ Jesus—and abides in Him who has opened the way.
The Final Exhortation
The modern church stands at a critical hour. Many have turned the table of the Lord into a place where food offered to idols is served. The Social Gospel, with its political causes, cultural trends, and false moral appearances, has become the dominant offering.
It sounds compassionate to the natural ear, but it sacrifices the true Gospel on the altar of this world. It offers earthly reform where the Priest-King offers heavenly reconciliation. It speaks of systems and power where He speaks of the cross and the throne of grace.
We must not eat of any spiritual food that has been offered in sacrifice to an idol. The table of the Lord is holy. The food we receive must come from the Priest-King Himself—pure, undefiled, and flowing from the Holiest of All.
Those who preach the substitute gospel have turned the church into a platform for their political agendas. They have exchanged the Gospel of the finished work for a gospel of social reform. They have exchanged the cross for a political platform. They have exchanged the throne of grace for a seat of power.
They have exchanged the rest that remains for the restless striving of the world. They have exchanged the Holiest of All for the outer courts of carnal religion. They are not shepherds of the flock; they are servants of the spirit of the age, offering food that cannot satisfy the soul.
The true church of the real Gospel is often small, overlooked, and ridiculed. But it knows the voice of the Shepherd. It does not follow the stranger. It abides in the Word. It dwells in the Holiest. The true church does not eat food sacrificed to idols. It does not bow to the false gods of the age.
It does not compromise the table of the Lord. It preaches the real Gospel—Christ and Him crucified. It preaches the finished work.
It preaches the endless life. It preaches the open way into the Holiest of All. It calls every soul to draw near. It calls every church to open the doors. It calls every believer to cease from striving and rest in the finished work of the Priest-King.
The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.
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The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’
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Quote of the day, 9 January: St. Andrew Corsini
This wise leader knew how to temper the rigour of a judge with the gentleness of a pastor. He never tired, year after year, of decreeing that priests reside in their parishes. In the first place, most priests were ignorant of the doctrine of the Church and of their proper duties. Understandably, they were of no benefit to the people; on the contrary, because of their ignorance they were a negative factor, especially in the case of those who by their scandalous lives gave bad example.
Consequently, on his canonical visitations of the diocese, the saintly bishop was obliged to examine his clergy as to their knowledge of doctrine. Those whom he found to be little suited for Church offices and for working for the salvation of souls—and their number was great—he removed from their benefices, which he granted to others who were more suited.
We are aware that much of what we have said has frequently been practiced by other pastors of the Church. Some might say that these things are not especially worthy of recall. However, we are of the opinion that whatever the saints have said or done for the increase of divine worship and the good of the people should be proclaimed.
Bishop Francesco Venturi (1576–1641)
Bishop of San Severo, Italy
Life of Saint Andrew (excerpt)
Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.
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“Recent attacks on #transgender #youth and attempts to #Rollback hard-won #LGBTQ+ #rights tell us our #advocacy and #pastoralcare for #victims of #injustice must continue with a renewed urgency,” he said. “This #fund will make a difference.”
Say what you like about pastoral care in churches and other religious organisations; but I don't think you ever forget someone who's baked you a cake in a time of trial.
Those entrusted with leadership in the #church should not be prone to anger or violent outbursts (Titus 1:6). #Chrysostom likens this to a doctor who hits his patients.
"The teacher is the physician of souls. But the physician does not strike. Rather he heals and restores any who might strike him."
A doctor who beats his/her patients is disqualified from their work of healing. The same is true of a minister who strikes the flock of Christ.
@daniel_laurison That's a solid and nuanced thread. I like it. Also, imagine having to share a neopronoun with a bunch of cis people as a young person for potentially the first time! Nightmare.
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Pastoral care is like a shepherd tending to his flock. Just as the shepherd guides and protects his sheep, pastors should guide and protect their congregants through love and guidance in their spiritual journey. #Christian #PastoralCare
Pastoral care is all about being present (local!)and attentive to the needs of those in our communities. It's about building relationships and offering support to those who may be struggling. #pastoralcare
The heart of Christian pastoral care is about loving and serving others with the same compassion and grace that Jesus showed us. It's about being present in times of struggle and offering hope and support. #pastoralcare #christianity
In my day job I'm responsible for supporting tutors to enable diverse students navigate their learning journey and provide #PastoralCare for all.
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At the heart of person-centred care is the experience of being seen and valued for who I am when faced with illness or challenge.
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