The primary responsibility of any preacher or any pastor is to make sure he preaches the Word to his people and gives them sound doctrine. It isn't always going to be want they want, it is always be what they need. When they begin to accumulate to themselves teachers who tickle their ears and make them feel good, who feed them what they want out of their own desires, they will turn away from the truth and buy myths...
Titus 1:9...exhort in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict. It is mandated by God that we be antithetical, that we take issue with error, we must do that to fulfill this divine calling. But that is not tolerated, you are not allowed to be devisive, you are not allowed to say "You're wrong, that is error, it must be corrected."
“Church leaders are obsessed with style and methodology, losing interest in the glory of God, and becoming grossly apathetic about truth and sound doctrine. For the moment, at least, the battle appears to be turning in the enemy’s favor.”
The truth war is, indeed, a war. Warfare is serious. It requires diligence. It requires paying a price. It will cost you. You may not be popular. And many of today’s believers have no taste for conflict and contention. Enemies of the truth are relentless. Casualties abound.
So, will you stand for truth, or go the way of many today--including some evangelical leaders--and opt for compromise? - Jan Markell
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