tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334881189819882014.post8835289822968641852..comments2014-01-19T15:12:28.074-08:00Comments on Vietnamese Second Generation: Impacting Culture as Lay ChristiansFather Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806588615618212820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334881189819882014.post-7546329851222960602007-09-30T18:03:00.000-07:002007-09-30T18:03:00.000-07:00Sam...I would hold the view of Ephesians 4:11-13. ...Sam...I would hold the view of Ephesians 4:11-13. Priests, pastors and missionaries are God's ordained leaders in the Church to prepare His people for service in the body of Christ and beyond. <BR/><BR/>The spiritual leaders are just one part of the body of Christ (See 1 Cor. 12:12-31).<BR/><BR/>If I can use Henri Nouwen's hospital analogy, ordained ministers are like hospital staff. Just as physicians care for us medically, ministers do so spiritually. The purpose for a hospital is so we can heal and strengthen to then go out and do what we were trained to do. Just as the hospital sends us out when we are well, so we also go from the church into the world to serve.<BR/><BR/>Our physicians and pastors are here not to be the end all but rather, to physically and spiritually prepare us to do what we were truly called to do--to bring God's message to every part of life (not just on Sundays) and impact our culture until one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and every ear shall hear the voice of God saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God." (Rev. 21:3)Father Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806588615618212820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334881189819882014.post-42699916520399225292007-09-30T17:31:00.000-07:002007-09-30T17:31:00.000-07:00I would totally agree with what you wrote...what t...I would totally agree with what you wrote...what then is the role of priests, pastors, missionaries, etc?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897648403879845639noreply@blogger.com