tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post6348208884181960735..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: A couple of good posts on eldersArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-20295864492379625292012-05-30T11:25:35.477-04:002012-05-30T11:25:35.477-04:00David, I am not a Greek scholar but I like the ide...David, I am not a Greek scholar but I like the idea of "recognizing" more than "appointing". Primarily I am not a fan of men demanding to be obeyed by virtue of their title or ordination instead of simply living as the Bible describes and being recognized and followed by the church for doing so.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-71263306194128604242012-05-30T01:29:53.385-04:002012-05-30T01:29:53.385-04:00This is something I am struggling to accept/unders...This is something I am struggling to accept/understand right now. I understand that the paid "pastor" is not a Biblical office. As a matter of fact there are no "offices' under the New Covenant. But I understand that there are those whose activities and understanding of the gospel are recognized.<br />Some of these are recognized as elders. My frustration comes when some translations say these elders are "appointed". As if this means that they are being put into a position above the rest of their local church - which church tradition has taken advantage of. But it is also frustrating that church tradition has ignored the fact that these were believers "appointed" from within the local church, not brought in from another church to oversee them.<br />By allowing or expecting overseers to act as leaders and rulers over it, the Church has operated the exact opposite way from how Jesus told his disciples that they were to be toward one another(MK 10:42-45).David Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896720675286109944noreply@blogger.com