Re: Combating LC Arguments
The problem with calling someone an apostle is that it borrows and co-opts an authority from the aura of people like Peter and Paul, which may not be appropriate.
What does it mean, anyway, in this day and age, to be an apostle? To be sent? Okay, no problem there. But all of us are sent in some way. To be sent to more than one church? Okay, no big deal there, either.
If it ended with those things there would be no problem. But the fact is the term "apostle" to most Christians carries a extraordinary weight which makes making the claim dangerous. Should all Christians submit to the "apostle?" One would think so.
The term is fuzzy. Evangelists preach the gospel. Prophets speak for God. What do apostles do? Tell everyone else what to do? That's the way LSM would have it, as long as their guy gets to be the apostle. Then he could tell everyone to buy their books.
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