This, of course, comes - at least in part - from the liberal picture of Jesus as the effete, if not effeminate, Holy Victim. They want enough of Christ to get them to heaven, but in other facets of their life, they want to be like John Wayne. I have recounted this story because I believe, to some degree or other, it expresses the view of many Christian men. He told me that I was to let the arguing continue, because he did not want his son to grow up to be a wimp. It did not help that the pastor was an insufferable narcissist. To compound the problem, the pastor's 12-yr-old son was invariably one of the participants in these arguments. The school was understaffed, and my duties kept me from supervising the games, although I could observe and hear through the window. The arguments had not consummated in physical blows, but it was only a matter of time. One day, I approached him with a problem.ĭuring recess, the boys liked to play baseball, and daily there were heated arguments over whether someone had touched base or not, whether a certain pitch was a strike, etc. Over 30 yrs ago, I worked for an independent Baptist pastor who wanted to start a school. This post is a polemic - an engagement in spiritual warfare that addresses a much-neglected issue in the Church. Continued from " Somewhere between Jesus and John Wayne"
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