Mark Altrogge, who I know primarily from his songwriting for Sovereign Grace Music, has written a blog post titled “The Pastor from Gehenna” that really gets to the core of one of my inner struggles as a pastor: how do we motivate people to live like disciples of Jesus? Quote:
My job was to whip the saints into obedience against their will. Since they really didn’t want to serve God, I had to guilt or pressure them into it. I’d say things like, “Come on, let’s worship God like we really mean it.” How self-righteous I was.
Read the article for what Altrogge understands as the solution (and I would agree).
Comments
Hey Les,
Thanks for mentioning this post. I like your comment in the section about yourself that people have fallen asleep in your sermons - they have in mine too. I figure though, that they’ve probably had a tough week and church is a pretty good place to sleep. It doesn’t bother me as long as they don’t snore too loudly….
Hi Mark,
Thank you for visiting and commenting! I am pleased that I’ve found your and Stephen’s weblog and have linked to it and intend to visit often.
Hi Les, sorry for an off-topic comment here. I left you a note in aNobii - can you please check? Thanks 
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