The Ministry - What Is It?

[aron]

Originally Posted by awareness

Well as I see it in the context of the church life while I was in it "Life" is the opposite of "death."

So using the term Life sends chills of fear, from it opposite, death. It's a method of control.

After all, who wants that great bogeyman death? So run hard to life, whatever it is, to avoid that awful death. And the hook is set.

Using the term "Life" ends up, just being a way of driving the herd closer to the leader, from fear of death. In this context Life, even if not known what it is, is to be desired, and death to be avoided. And death ends up being anything that threatens the leader and or his movement.

This forum is death to those in the local church ... and is to be avoided. And Life IS NOT this forum.

Amen and amen. This forum is not a place to find life. It is a place to say "beware the ministry". Only Jesus has the true ministry of life. If you want life don't look here. Look to Jesus.

The only advantage this forum has over LSM is we don't charge money, and we don't elevate ourselves above the flock. We don't lord it over people. We don't require conformity.

But Jesus is in heaven, next to the Father's throne. He's not tapping away on a keyboard touting some "truth" about "life" or "ministry". This place, this forum, is rather like an Angie's list or a Yelp site, warning the potential consumers about the shell games being played by supposed ministers out there. Beware. I got suckered in, so that you don't have to.