A constant temptation in pastoral life is to strip-mine the Scriptures in search of that which the pastor thinks will bring needed challenge and change to their congregation while never digging into the Word consciously aware of the need for it to confront and transform the pastor himself.
A worrying sign is when the consistent first response to a passage is ‘They really need to hear this’, and not ‘What is this saying to me?’
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