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As a pastor I have a dual role: that of a prophet and a priest. The
prophet confronts the people, and the priest comforts the people. I
am to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable. In
relationship to the Bible, the dual struggle is clear. As the
priest, I take the Bible seriously because it changes lives (first
sermon). I have never heard anyone give testimony that reading
Plato's The Republic, Virgil's Aeneid, Homer's Odyssey, Cicero's
Moral Ethics, or John Stewart Mill's Liberty changed their lives.
But thousands of people have given testimony of how reading the
Bible has changed their lives forever. As the prophet, I propose to
you that no book has been more abused than the Bible or more
misunderstood. The Bible has been a playground for lunatics, profit
for the charlatans, a profession for the clergy, a problem for
theologians, a puzzle for the general public, and placid for the
masses. I believe if a person will read the Bible interpretatively
and intelligently it will be read seriously, respectfully and
reverently thereby becoming the living word of God. Gene Rollins,
Author
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will hurt me until
the day I die. I dedicate this work to the clients of my forty-six
years of therapy and pastoral work who have shared their pain and
sorrow inflicted by words. No wound is more difficult to overcome
than the wound caused by words. Love is destroyed by words.
Families are separated by words. Young lives are placed on roads
that lead to dead-ends and destructions by words. Careers are
ended, reputations are lost and wars are begun all because of
words. To the many who have suffered so greatly I pray this book
will help others understand your pain. "Like apples of gold in
settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances."
(Proverbs 23:11 New American Standard Bible)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will hurt me until
the day I die. I dedicate this work to the clients of my forty-six
years of therapy and pastoral work who have shared their pain and
sorrow inflicted by words. No wound is more difficult to overcome
than the wound caused by words. Love is destroyed by words.
Families are separated by words. Young lives are placed on roads
that lead to dead-ends and destructions by words. Careers are
ended, reputations are lost and wars are begun all because of
words. To the many who have suffered so greatly I pray this book
will help others understand your pain. "Like apples of gold in
settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances."
(Proverbs 23:11 New American Standard Bible)
As a pastor I have a dual role: that of a prophet and a priest. The
prophet confronts the people, and the priest comforts the people. I
am to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable. In
relationship to the Bible, the dual struggle is clear. As the
priest, I take the Bible seriously because it changes lives (first
sermon). I have never heard anyone give testimony that reading
Plato's The Republic, Virgil's Aeneid, Homer's Odyssey, Cicero's
Moral Ethics, or John Stewart Mill's Liberty changed their lives.
But thousands of people have given testimony of how reading the
Bible has changed their lives forever. As the prophet, I propose to
you that no book has been more abused than the Bible or more
misunderstood. The Bible has been a playground for lunatics, profit
for the charlatans, a profession for the clergy, a problem for
theologians, a puzzle for the general public, and placid for the
masses. I believe if a person will read the Bible interpretatively
and intelligently it will be read seriously, respectfully and
reverently thereby becoming the living word of God. Gene Rollins,
Author
As a social role the concept of the persona is useful in allowing
an individual to move in and out of relationships without being too
vulnerable. A persona can be the oil to ease potential social
friction. A persona provides for some predictability of
relationship, but wearing a mask may become a sub-personality
preventing us from embracing our true spiritual identity.
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