Re: The Skewed Priorities of Some Modern Evangelis
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Originally Posted by Charnock
His bio is public domain. Sorry, but a spade is a spade.
I understand your point - but this is what I know ...
MJB would love nothing better than to be able to take his wife with him everywhere he goes to preach. He is 67 years old and derives his income exclusively from preaching the gospel. He is an old fashioned evangelist and preaches where he is invited ... many churches do not offer to pay for the wife to travel as well.
They own a small home in Michigan - his wife stays there often because several health have made it difficult to travel with him all the time.
All of thier kids are married and living in other states and also involved in the ministry.
Re: The Skewed Priorities of Some Modern Evangelis
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
IMO, the life of the travelling evangelist is not conducive to a stable family life, and an evangelist is better off if he remains single. However, IF he is married I firmly believe his family should travel with him. As much as possible, anyway. It's for his protection (speaking of his reputation and spiritual/emotional state) and it's for the protection of his family, as far as providing some cohesion and stability.
There are too many evangelists who have strayed while on the evangelistic field, and too many wives who have stayed home and became lonely...or bored. Ideally, yes--they could all be apart and remain pure, holy and devoted to one another. And that CAN BE and HAS BEEN done; but it isn't the most practical or wise way to protect a marriage.
Evangelists should either be single and/or travel with their families. If they can't orchestrate whatever is needed to travel with their families, I think they should stay home and take care of their families. That's a higher priority than preaching.
Regarding LS: I don't think his simply being single has anything at all to do with the snickers.
Very good, Miss B, however, the single man traveling alone has many temptations ,as well, that would be avoided if he were married.
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Re: The Skewed Priorities of Some Modern Evangelis
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Originally Posted by Sam
In 1 Corinthians chapter 7 the Apostle Paul speaks about how a married person needs to please his/her spouse but a single/celibate person needs to please his/her spouse. A spouse, home, and family with the obligations which come with them can be a distraction and a hindrance in serving God.
Paul also said that if someone does not provide for his own (family), that person has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. I personally do not think he was speaking only of financial provision. As husbands and fathers we have certain obligations to our family and failure to meet those obligations is failure to meet God-given obligations.
Re: The Skewed Priorities of Some Modern Evangelis
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Originally Posted by crakjak
Very good, Miss B, however, the single man traveling alone has many temptations ,as well, that would be avoided if he were married.
True, but at least he isn't neglecting his family as he travels.
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--David Livingstone
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
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Re: The Skewed Priorities of Some Modern Evangelis
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Originally Posted by papapraiz
I understand your point - but this is what I know ...
MJB would love nothing better than to be able to take his wife with him everywhere he goes to preach. He is 67 years old and derives his income exclusively from preaching the gospel. He is an old fashioned evangelist and preaches where he is invited ... many churches do not offer to pay for the wife to travel as well.
They own a small home in Michigan - his wife stays there often because several health have made it difficult to travel with him all the time.
All of thier kids are married and living in other states and also involved in the ministry.
I'm thinking that older men can get by with this more than younger men. I don't think it's *wrong* or necessarily *sinful* to leave your family home, and I understand that there are unique circumstances; I just don't think it's ideal. Especially if you are a younger married couple, and/or you have children in the home.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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