The Ministry - What Is It?

[Cal]

My registration, especially after listening to Olvin, is that for LCers "the ministry" are those sets of beliefs that they happen to embrace. In other words, it's a grandiose title to give their theology the air of absolute unquestioned legitimacy. It's much like their calling their movement "God's move" or their churches "the Church." It's just more of their saying we're unquestionably right and everyone else is unquestionably wrong. Or at least, we're unquestionably more right that anyone else.

I understand wanting one's beliefs to have the stamp of God. But knowing for sure that is always the case is not possible. God doesn't want us walking around with that kind of self-assurance. It clearly produces arrogance and intolerance. We are too easily mistaken. And believing we cannot be mistaken is, you guessed it, the biggest mistake. Even Paul when writing the Bible once only said "I think I have the Spirit of God." At least once when writing the Bible he didn't know for sure whether what he was teaching had the stamp of God.

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Igzy

My registration, especially after listening to Olvin, is that for LCers "the ministry" are those sets of beliefs that they happen to embrace. In other words, it's a grandiose title to give their theology the air of absolute unquestioned legitimacy. It's much like their calling their movement "God's move" or their churches "the Church." It's just more of their saying we're unquestionably right and everyone else is unquestionably wrong. Or at least, we're unquestionably more right that anyone else.

I understand wanting one's beliefs to have the stamp of God. But knowing for sure that is always the case is not possible. God doesn't want us walking around with that kind of self-assurance. It clearly produces arrogance and intolerance. We are too easily mistaken. And believing we cannot be mistaken is, you guessed it, the biggest mistake. Even Paul when writing the Bible once only said "I think I have the Spirit of God." At least once when writing the Bible he didn't know for sure whether what he was teaching had the stamp of God.

A little like saying something is biblical, I guess.

Or what people mean when they assert that the Bible is inerrant (meaning that it means literally what they think it means and not something else).

Maybe the better way to say anything is to assert that something is what you/I understand the bible to say or at least suggest.