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The Pastor

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, March 12, 2012, In : Pagan influences

Consistently hitting nails on the head Viola and Barna turn to the role of the pastor in the fifth chapter of Pagan Christianity and claim, ‘There is not a single verse in the entire New Testament that supports the existence of the modern-day pastor! He simply did not exist in the early church.’ Once again it is a big claim and once again they take their readers through the historical evidence showing how the role of pastor developed into what it is today.

Early hierarchy

That there were le...

England's downfall - inflexible leaders

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, June 28, 2010, In : Random

Never have so many parrots been sickened for so little pleasure by so few inept footballers – or so Churchill may have said were he still alive today. The poor man must be spinning. But before we blame the players – maybe even instead of blaming them – we should consider the role inflexible leadership had in yesterday’s poor performance.

As the leader directly responsible for the England team, we should begin with ...

A boring blog?

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, In : Linking other blogs

Here is a post from a blogger I had not come across before but who left a comment on yesterday's post about church being a bus or a body. He talks about doing away with leaders. What do you think?

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Is your church a bus or a body?

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, March 29, 2010, In : Post-Christendom

What model of church do you follow in your church? There are two basic types which I can think of: there’s the ‘church as bus’ model and then there’s the ‘church as body’. Now we know which the New Testament model is – it is ‘church as body’. Paul in his first letter to Corinthians makes this very clear and gives a lengthy teaching on it. We would all probably claim that this is also the model w...