One of the many inconvenient truths found throughout church history is that while we were discerning many important issues(the hypostatic union, inspiration of scripture, the Trinity, etc), we also gave time and effort to quibbling over clearly heretical issues(the nature of Mary, the worship and adoration of saints and martyrs, the nature of the bread and wine in communion, etc) instead of shutting them down where they stood. While we did this, we lost the plot, and things like Islam, atheism, Marxism, feminism, and sexual freedom ran amok through the centuries. Lest we forget all of the cults that spawned while we entertained retarded arguments.
We lost sight of the created order, the family, the Church as a gathering of believers, evangelism, and discipleship. It’s not that men weren’t leading, per se. It’s that they were leading in the wrong direction.
So here’s the short and sweet of it: men must lead, yes, but men must lead correctly, in the right direction.
We must focus on the created order(God’s design), the family(the first structure of governance), the Church as a gathering of believers(the second most important structure of governance), and, most importantly, evangelism(making more believers) and discipleship(helping believers make more believers).
We don’t lead by giving credence to retarded arguments within the fold. It’s one thing to hash out an idea; it’s another thing to dedicate years and councils to ruminating on clearly unbiblical heresy. And genuine questions and doubts are real, but those who seek the deconstruction and ultimate destruction of a soul are not to be entertained or given a platform.
Men, lead. Lead correctly and in the right direction. How? There’s a handbook called the Bible. Read it and then lead from there.
Men must lead.
“Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.”
2 Timothy 2:22-26 NASB1995
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