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Charles Curtman<\/strong><\/a> 1h<\/strong><\/a> \u00b7 TODAY\u2019S \u201cCOOL\u201d CLERGY – TODAY\u2019S \u201cCOOL\u201d CLERGY – by CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ministers should be held, and hold themselves, to higher standards than those expected of the people to whom they minister. Ministers of the Gospel are not newborns in Christ, just introduced to the \u201cmilk of the Word,\u201d and just learning the \u201cfirst principles\u201d of the Word of God (1 Cor. 3:1-3; Heb. 5:12-14). They are men qualified by their being \u201capt to teach\u201d and who are assumed to be \u201cskillful in the word of righteousness\u201d and in \u201crightly dividing the word of truth.\u201d (Heb. 5:13; 2 Tim. 2:15; 4:2; 2:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has never been more critically important than it is today that credibility be assigned to, and respect had for, pastors and their work. Sadly, this is not always the case. In 1985 67% of Americans surveyed expressed a high degree of trust and respect for pastors. Before then it was even higher. Since then, this percentage has fallen to 38%. Probably, the reason why the public doesn\u2019t take pastors and their work as seriously as it should is because pastors don\u2019t appear to take themselves or their work as seriously as they should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all, but far too many pastors bring a spirit of lightness to their ministry in and out of the pulpit; a lightness that God condemns and that is spiritually counterproductive. God has said, \u201cWoe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! \u2026 Behold, I am against them that \u2026 cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness \u2026 therefore they shall not profit this people at all saith the Lord\u201d (Jer. 23:1, 32). Just one of the ways pastors bring a spirit of lightness to the ministry is by the way they dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The modern trend of pastors is towards casualness bordering on sloppiness under the guise of being \u201crelatable.\u201d Pastors seem to be fixated on being relatable to the lost world and making everything about the church relevant to the lost world. It\u2019s disturbing to see pastors, young and not-so-young, accommodating this trend by adopting a quasi-worldly lifestyle for themselves and for the churches they pastor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first evidence of the downgrading of a ministry can usually be seen in how pastors begin to dress; gradually replacing suits and neckties with casual wear, in the pulpit and throughout the week as they go about their pastoral duties. (It\u2019s too bad that men of God in the past, and some today, lack the astuteness of modern pastors who seem to equate wearing a suit and tie with \u201csuffering for Christ sake\u201c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul said, \u201cI magnify mine office\u201d (Rom. 11:13). Pastors now seem determined to minimize theirs. Paul wanted to do everything he could to underscore in his mind and in the mind of others, how serious and important everything connected with God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is. How pastors conduct and clothe themselves is part of how they magnify their office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastors are \u201cambassadors for Christ,\u201d \u201cholding forth the Word of Life\u201d on behalf of Him who is the “Head of the church” and “the \u201cKing of kings\u201d (2 Cor. 5;20; Phil. 2:16; 1 Tim. 6:15). Their manner of dress ought to differ significantly from that of someone standing on a porch delivering Uber Eats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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