Prescient and much needed truth and insight The more I continue to reflect on the truth of Pastor Pringle's words on Tuesday evening, the more clearly and deeply I appreciate how thoroughly destructive the "counseling" movement imported from the unbelieving world has been to the role of pastor, elders, and even of the congregation as a whole, as the unpleasant role of confronting sin is outsourced and separated from the Christian body, rendering impotent both pastors and congregations alike and ultimately the convicting power of the Word of God itself, and turning churches into merely polite, inoffensive, and superficial religious social clubs and lecture halls; no wonder the unbelieving world has fled the church and turned instead to entertainment, yoga, and distracting activities in its desperate, blind search to satisfy the mind, heart, and soul. |