Looking through a number of blog posts today I came across Al Mohler’s post about discerning whether or not God has called you to the ministry. Now I’ve always found it fascinating that we have this developed doctrine of ‘calling’ with regards to career word ministry and yet I’m not so sure I can see it all that clearly in scripture. Some people point to 1 Timothy 3:1 and a person with a ‘desire’ to be an elder but I think that’s fairly flimsy evidence on which to build an entire doctrine that seems so hallowed in our particular tradition.
Now I don’t deny that God uses subjective impression to move us into all sorts of places, as he wants us – but to me that’s different from the traditional evangelical view of ‘calling’. So here’s the forum: Is ‘being called to the ministry’ a biblical concept? If not how do we categorize the subjective impression that so many career bible teachers claim (including myself)? There we go, have a crack at it…
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