You call yourself a preacher?

Watch your toes. If they are pointed the wrong way they may be stepped on with this blog.

You call yourself a minister? A preacher? A man of God? A priest? A pastor? You are a leader in your church? People look to you as an example? Well, do us all a favor... if you are going to insist on practicing unforgiveness, having extramarital affairs, participating in drunkeness and blatantly living in habitual sin, stop referring to yourself as one of these leaders of our faith. You are giving Christianity a bad name.

I am so sick of hearing people complain about Christians claiming to love Jesus and then living lives that are anything but Christlike. Especially the leaders in the church. I am not perfect -nor do I claim to be. Far from it. But when God or my fellow believer brings a sin to my attention, I work on it. I don't ignore them and continue the sin in my private life while getting up on stage and preaching against the very same thing.

If you are teaching people to be forgiving, you are in no place to refuse to speak to someone who has asked for your forgiveness. If you are teaching people to be faithful to their spouse, you have no business going out in secret and engaging in inappropriate activities with those of the opposite sex. If you are teaching people to be honest, stop lying! Hypocrisy is alive and well in the Christian church. And we wonder what's wrong with the church today?!

I realize this is not my typical blog and I know this will not be well-received by many - but I will not apologize. Again - I know I'm not perfect and I'm not claiming to be. I'm simply asking that if you are going to be a leader in the church, step up to the responsibilities of character that come with it. If I've stepped on your toes, well, maybe you should turn yourself back to facing Christ so your feet will be pointed in the right direction and this blog won't offend you.