Falling Man

Who will it be next week?

I think I’ve finally understood the difference between Sydney and Seattle’s two great reformed pedagogues – and just maybe it highlights our growing leadership crisis?!

The dominant metanarrative of Sydney for the past years has fundamentally been “become a minister” or in other words – love Jesus, leave what you are doing and give yourself to pastoring and evangelising.

On the other hand, the dominant metanarrative of Seattle has not been “become a minster” but more significantly -” become a man!” or – love Jesus, leave sin, get a job and a wife, give yourself to Godliness.

Whilst I recognise this might be a stretch for the ladies the reality is that in relationship to leadership we want elders who are biblically qualified man who are able to teach – not able teachers who are biblically disqualified because they are porn addicts, drunkards, inhospitable or neglectful of their wife and kids because they love their ministry more than anything else (including Jesus it seems)

I am beginning to wonder whether we have a Corinthinan problem in Sydney that has placed so much emphasis on ability and gift – looking for the gun guys, that we have we have taken our eyes of fundamental issues of godliness and biblical manhood that loves Jesus, leaves sin, loves wife and family and then serves the gospel in whatever way God enables.