Pastor Job Description

I found an illustration that sums up what most people expect out of a pastor:

The Perfect Pastor

1. The perfect pastor preaches exactly 10 minutes.
2. He condemns sin roundly but never hurts anyone’s feelings.
3. He works from 8am until midnight and is also the church janitor.
4. The perfect pastor makes $40 a week, wears good clothes, drives a good car, buys good books, and donates $30 a week to the church.
5. He is 29 years old and has 40 years experience.
6. Above all, he is handsome.
7. The perfect pastor has a burning desire to work with teenagers,and he spends most of his time with the senior citizens.
8. He smiles all the time with a straight face because he has a sense of humor that keeps him seriously dedicated to his church.
9. He makes 15 home visits a day and is always in his office to be handy when needed.
10. The perfect pastor always has time for church council and all of its committees.
11. He never misses the meeting of any church organization and is always busy evangelizing the unchurched.
12. The perfect pastor is always in the church down the street!

From sermon illustrations. com

Worship at Oceanside

This past weekend Oceanside Meet at Mt. Pleasant Water Works off of Rifle Range Rd. What a wonderful facility. Oceanside is growing and if your not careful you won't grow with it.  We as a fellowship of believers in Christ have been in a variety of locations, and although the facilities have change the worship hasn't diminished.  It doesn't matter whether we are in a tent, cathedral, warehouse, cinema, or where ever God allows us to meet; the fellowship, worship and Word has only changed for the better.  We in essence are following in the footsteps of the first church, it is so exciting. As one of the pastors of the church, I urge you to grow with us, by worship and small groups.  Join us in prayer and praise before each service as we seek God in prayer.  I really believe this sets the tone, and aligns our hearts to give glory to God.  It is a privileged obligation for each of us to come together in WORSHIP.  Our church is the Real Deal!

Darby Bible Translation
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom is with some; but encouraging one another, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.

Divine Being

Many Scientist and Sociologists: have the common understanding that since the dawn of creation earthly bipedal humanoids have had a yearning to acknowledge something or someone/s greater than themselves. As time progressed on this blue cosmic dot, we now call earth; acknowledgement transcended to worship, devotion, even sacrifice of varying sorts. As time further progressed, intelligence increased and as humans we began to classify these superhuman/natural beings as deities and or gods.

Present day educated men and women further classify different groups/civilizations’ of people as poly (many) theistic and mono (one) theistic. These classifications extend both into the past, present and future. Many debates on the true existence and divine nature of these beings have occurred.

The method of ascertaining divine, true, and enduring on my part delves with what is:

• Clearly documented existence
• Deeds of supernatural actions that can be verified by history.
• Motive of deity in relation to none deists (you and I).
• Continuing existence for all time.

This criterion of my personal research is a simplistic approach to better help the reader.

To help narrow the field of study even further, and to eliminate this becoming a tomb, I will endeavor to focus on a well known deity found in what is commonly called the bible.  I will in other blogs deal with the relevance and brief summary of the modern works combined and canonized as the Bible.

Let us pull a passage from one of the Books in the Bible (A Collection of 66 books and letters) specifically the book of Hebrews. In Chapter 11:1 it discusses the subject of faith.  Faith is not a relatively new concept, it origins have been displayed since the beginning of time. Unlike many other historical texts outside of the "Bible" it makes a successful attempt at defining "faith." "..As being the substance of things hoped for, but not actually seen, yet believed to exist either now or soon to come."

Pagans, Mono/Polytheist for millennium have used this practice of faith to not only substantiate but to propitiate their belief in their god/s, among other tactics not to be discussed at this time.

So we can conclude thus far:

• The divine being/s have existed for a very long time
• Faith is tool used to continue on existence.
• Defined Methodology in studying deity/s is important.

In my next blog I will delve farther into Faith and the Existence of Monotheism throughout the ages using a defined method of study. This will lead to further exhortation of popular modern deity.

As this is my first blog please feel free to give feedback that would allow me to fine tune my "newbie" blogging dynamics.

Suggestions

Yeah, I am finally becoming a blogger. Too Cool, Right?

Over the Years, Many people have asked me questions concerning theological topics.  I would normally come right out and tell them the answer.  Those individuals like so many others would take the answer and that was that.  Hindsight being 20/20 I realize now; that although the answer was provided, I performed a great disservice to those people.  Let me explain, by simply answering their question I did:

• Not share with them the source of the answer.
• Not instruct them on how to find the answer.
• Not, most importantly, assist them on finding the relativity of the "answer" and how it could have a lasting action-ability (personal relevance)  in their lives.

So.... for the first phase of my first blog space. I would like to guide you on relevant suggested topics that will add to your intimate and maturing relationship with Christ. 

That being said: What subjects, pinnacles of faith, doctrines would you like answered???