tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post6287182558347832692..comments2023-06-29T02:51:51.236-05:00Comments on 1517: The Pastor and Personal CriticismTodd Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614293087144493430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-25890305136115888812011-05-10T23:07:09.672-05:002011-05-10T23:07:09.672-05:00Which just goes to show that you are more humble t...Which just goes to show that you are more humble than me! Good response!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-7897610608406695042011-05-05T21:04:57.163-05:002011-05-05T21:04:57.163-05:00Bill,
I don't disagree with you. There is pl...Bill,<br /><br />I don't disagree with you. There is pleny of complaining that goes on in most churches. The things you mention are the kinds of things I have heard as well. And I agree, grumbling should not be validated. God is no fan of grumbling and neither should be pastors. <br /><br />However, my experience has been that when a brother comes to me personally to discuss something he sees in me that concerns him then I can usually benefit from it even when I disagree.Todd Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614293087144493430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-18682721393373426682011-05-05T20:29:35.931-05:002011-05-05T20:29:35.931-05:00Over the years I did not find that most criticism ...Over the years I did not find that most criticism had merit, because most of it was unbiblical. I agree that we have to examine criticism and see it it is worthwhile, but so much of it is just nonsense. For example, "I can't concentrate over 20 minutes, so sermons should only be 20 minutes." "Why don't we have an American flag in the front of the church?" "Why did you preach on Titus 2:11-14 on Christmas, instead of the Christmas story from Luke 2?" "Why do you pray for so long, when the Lord's Prayer is so short?" "Your shirt wasn't tucked in." "You forgot to pray for Aunt Martha's sore toe."<br />"Why didn't we have music in the background as the bread and wine were passed out?" On and on, and very little had much biblical merit. In my experience, a good amount of criticism is so trivial and earthly-minded that the best response is to pray for people whose minds are on the things of earth, not the things of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com