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<blockquote data-quote="rockytopva" data-source="post: 73664686" data-attributes="member: 279443"><p>I know of a former pastor of our church who died a good bit ago in his nineties. The man had a third grade education but could really preach a good message and died studying his bible.</p><p></p><p>Our current pastor has a Masters degree from Liberty University but of terrible character. When the man with the third grade education was pastor you had to come early for a good seat, now the man with a Masters degree is pastor he comes to an almost vacated church. </p><p></p><p>Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life. - Cicero</p><p></p><p>It is amazing to me that we live in such an educated society, but for all the education there is so little virtue (what I described as Spiritual E/c2 - E (motivation, warmth, love) / c2 (faith, hope, charity, joy) but you call it what you want). And such little virtue, or outright darkness and cold, wear and tear away at the soul.</p><p></p><p>"When your rank is high in the world, then your vitality and spirit are depleted daily, eventually to become dissipated and not return to the body. When the vitality, spirit, will, and energy are calm, they fill you day by day and make you strong. Therefore the sages keep nurturing their spirit, make their energy gentle, and flow with the way. " - Lao-Tzu</p><p></p><p>Such spirituality as we get these days deplete us daily, and we need that which creates vitality, spirit, and will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockytopva, post: 73664686, member: 279443"] I know of a former pastor of our church who died a good bit ago in his nineties. The man had a third grade education but could really preach a good message and died studying his bible. Our current pastor has a Masters degree from Liberty University but of terrible character. When the man with the third grade education was pastor you had to come early for a good seat, now the man with a Masters degree is pastor he comes to an almost vacated church. Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life. - Cicero It is amazing to me that we live in such an educated society, but for all the education there is so little virtue (what I described as Spiritual E/c2 - E (motivation, warmth, love) / c2 (faith, hope, charity, joy) but you call it what you want). And such little virtue, or outright darkness and cold, wear and tear away at the soul. "When your rank is high in the world, then your vitality and spirit are depleted daily, eventually to become dissipated and not return to the body. When the vitality, spirit, will, and energy are calm, they fill you day by day and make you strong. Therefore the sages keep nurturing their spirit, make their energy gentle, and flow with the way. " - Lao-Tzu Such spirituality as we get these days deplete us daily, and we need that which creates vitality, spirit, and will. [/QUOTE]
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