Phil Johnson,
After five decades spent obsessing over a warped notion of ‘relevance,’ American evangelicalism is overrun with ‘change agents’ who are so steeped in worldly values that they can’t distinguish true relevance from mere trendiness. Their philosophies of ministry are complex, wrong-headed, counterproductive, and hostile to the notion that some things—namely God Himself and the truth He has revealed in His Word—are by definition not susceptible to change.
By contrast, what Paul bequeathed to Timothy in two brief epistles was a remarkably simple, straightforward, but comprehensive ministry philosophy. Not only did Paul not urge Timothy to be innovative; what he did urge Timothy to do flatly contradicts practically every ministry philosophy currently in vogue….[Continue reading at the Pyromaniacs blog]
