Is the gentleman who wrote this article living in this century? If anything the clergy have become just like the masses not only by pandering to their (itching) wants and needs but also by making a laughing stock of the ministerial calling by dumbing things down and divesting themselves of any real authority. This gentleman should read more David Wells.

By all means humility is required but if Christ didn't want us to give titles to certain callings within the church then he never would given us the names 'bishop' or 'elder' or 'deacon'. It is one thing for a man to appoint himself or give himself the title, it is quite another to be given it by God.

The titles we are called to give to these men indicate to us that they do have authority otherwise how could we submit to them? If they are 'just like us' then they have no authority and the office loses its meaning.

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA

"What sort of pledge and how great is this of love towards us! Christ lives for us not for himself!"
John Calvin, Commentary on the Hebrews (7:25)