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Why Pastors Need a Mean Streak

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Key Life Pastors and Liberate 2014During the Key Life Pastors’ Pre-Conference at Liberate, my topic will be “Developing a Mean Streak Without Violating Grace.”

Why that subject?

Because most of us are afraid (me too!) and our fear has a tendency to sand down the radical, offensive and glorious message we have been called to proclaim and live. After all, we do need the job and the troops have a way of getting irritated. Besides that, we all like to be liked and I do more than most. I once heard an African American Bishop say to a gathering of Christian leaders: “I have a message from God for you guys. God says that if you get over your fear, you’re going to be dangerous!” Frankly, I want to be dangerous for Jesus and I want the pastors at the conference to be more dangerous than I am.

Every morning of my life I pray for an awakening in America and have become increasingly aware that if God deems to give us one, it will be because the message of God’s radical and unconditional grace is believed, preached and lived by pastors who have lost their fear of people, institutions and power.

The only reason for losing our fear is the awareness that “perfect love casts out fear.” We’ve been loved… no matter how needy, no matter how screwed up, no matter where we’ve gone or what we’ve done… by a God whose love is passionate and unreasonable. That will make you dangerous and, as a side benefit, very effective. In fact, I’m going to teach on that subject because I need to hear it. If we get it, we may all sing, dance and speak in tongues.

I hope you’ll join me, Tullian Tchividjian and Scotty Smith at noon on Tuesday, January 21st as we live-stream our conversation about why we chose our topics for the Key Life Pastors’ Pre-Conference. Get more information on the home page of PoopedPastors.com and register for Liberate 2014 today. It won’t be the same without you!


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