feeny
Puritan Board Freshman
*Edit to add: pastor A is expositional but I don’t know if pastor B truly is?
Hello, I’m wanting some advice on how I should think about an issue with one of my pastors.
My husband and I became members in a local church not long ago. We haven’t regularly attended anywhere as a couple until now. I was in church most of the time I lived with my parents but my husband did not. Now, though, we’re both Christians dedicated to being part of our local body.
Our church is wonderful in many ways, and we agree on the majority of things with the pastors, and no serious disagreements. We love the people and believe we are honoring God by joining this church.
There are two pastors that alternate Sunday morning preaching. I’ll just call them Pastor A and Pastor B. Pastor A is a great speaker and teacher. It’s obvious he takes the time to prepare his messages and cares for the flock. Pastor B doesn’t say anything we disagree with, but he doesn’t say a whole lot. He reads through about 10 verses and doesn’t really add any commentary at any point. He then goes through them again, still no explaining or teaching or encouraging. Pastor B will then go off on a few tangents that don’t actually relate to the verses and usually have to do with culture today.
I’ll try to give a short example of Pastor B without exaggeration. Let’s say he’s preaching from John 1. He would handle it something like this:
“So we see that it says, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ Now, we know that the Word is Jesus, the Son of God, and He was there in the beginning with God and He was God. And then, ‘He was in the beginning with God.’ So we know He was with God and He was God. Now we see, ‘All things came into being through Him,’ so He made all things come into being. And we know He was there in the beginning.”
And then he will go through the next 7-8 verses just like this. Then he will talk about something that happened in the news and talk about how the world doesn’t believe this. And then he goes through the passage again the same way. This goes on for about 45 minutes. Every other Sunday.
I feel bad to even be typing all this out. But my husband and I don’t know if this is something we should just accept about our church and stay quiet about, or if we should bring it up to anyone. Both of us are feeling, at this point, that we probably shouldn’t say anything to anyone. Do you believe we’re right? How should we handle this? Are we wrong to be concerned?
We have noticed it since we began attending, but we went ahead and committed to this church because it’s the most Biblical and loving church we have locally. Both of us absolutely love Pastor A’s preaching.
I know church isn’t for our entertainment. It’s to honor God, worship Him, serve one another, and to be taught and encouraged in the Word. I’m just unsure on how I should be viewing this issue.
Hello, I’m wanting some advice on how I should think about an issue with one of my pastors.
My husband and I became members in a local church not long ago. We haven’t regularly attended anywhere as a couple until now. I was in church most of the time I lived with my parents but my husband did not. Now, though, we’re both Christians dedicated to being part of our local body.
Our church is wonderful in many ways, and we agree on the majority of things with the pastors, and no serious disagreements. We love the people and believe we are honoring God by joining this church.
There are two pastors that alternate Sunday morning preaching. I’ll just call them Pastor A and Pastor B. Pastor A is a great speaker and teacher. It’s obvious he takes the time to prepare his messages and cares for the flock. Pastor B doesn’t say anything we disagree with, but he doesn’t say a whole lot. He reads through about 10 verses and doesn’t really add any commentary at any point. He then goes through them again, still no explaining or teaching or encouraging. Pastor B will then go off on a few tangents that don’t actually relate to the verses and usually have to do with culture today.
I’ll try to give a short example of Pastor B without exaggeration. Let’s say he’s preaching from John 1. He would handle it something like this:
“So we see that it says, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ Now, we know that the Word is Jesus, the Son of God, and He was there in the beginning with God and He was God. And then, ‘He was in the beginning with God.’ So we know He was with God and He was God. Now we see, ‘All things came into being through Him,’ so He made all things come into being. And we know He was there in the beginning.”
And then he will go through the next 7-8 verses just like this. Then he will talk about something that happened in the news and talk about how the world doesn’t believe this. And then he goes through the passage again the same way. This goes on for about 45 minutes. Every other Sunday.
I feel bad to even be typing all this out. But my husband and I don’t know if this is something we should just accept about our church and stay quiet about, or if we should bring it up to anyone. Both of us are feeling, at this point, that we probably shouldn’t say anything to anyone. Do you believe we’re right? How should we handle this? Are we wrong to be concerned?
We have noticed it since we began attending, but we went ahead and committed to this church because it’s the most Biblical and loving church we have locally. Both of us absolutely love Pastor A’s preaching.
I know church isn’t for our entertainment. It’s to honor God, worship Him, serve one another, and to be taught and encouraged in the Word. I’m just unsure on how I should be viewing this issue.
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