I have never known a pastor to be fired for prayerlessness, even though I expect that many justly could have been (myself included). There are at least three reasons for this. First, congregations rarely hold a pastor accountable for his devotional life. Second, pastors themselves too infrequently seek such accountability. Third, pastors can conceal the neglect of private duties more easily than the neglect of public duties. But what does such private neglect reveal? That a pastor fears man more than he fears God (Mike Smith).
Other Authors

Reading Room

The Reading Room

Henry VIII

Henry VIII HENRY VIII by Sam Fisk Condensed from BAPTIST BULLETIN, October 1982. When the Pope visited England in 1982, the media told us the initial separation with Rome was…

MoreHenry VIII

Jehovas Witnesses

Jehovas Witnesses THE OTHER JESUS of the CULTS SECTION C JEHOVA'S WITNESSES I. "The true Scriptures speak of God's Son, the Word, as 'a god'. He is a 'mighty God'…

MoreJehovas Witnesses

Litany

Litany LITANY BASIC R.C. BELIEF A prayer in the form of a responsive petition, e.g., St. Joseph, pray for us.

MoreLitany

Millennium

Millennium MILLENNIUM BASIC R.C. BELIEF A long period of time during which Satan's power will be diminished so people can live for God. That time, most theologians say, is between…

MoreMillennium

Good Works

Good Works GOOD WORKS BASIC R.C. BELIEF Good works inspired by faith in Christ are necessary for salvation (RADIO REPLIES), Priests Rumble and Carty). POST VATICAN II From VERBUM, Fall,…

MoreGood Works

Miraculous Water

Miraculous Water MIRACULOUS WATER BASIC R.C. BELIEF There are a number of wells located in various places that are supposed to remain dry 364 days a year, but on the…

MoreMiraculous Water

Mixed Marriages

Mixed Marriages MIXED MARRIAGES BASIC R.C. BELIEF The Catholic Church has always differentiated between marriages of a Roman Catholic to a baptized or unbaptized non-Catholic. Marriages to unbaptized people weren't…

MoreMixed Marriages

Holy Souls

Holy Souls HOLY SOULS BASIC R.C. BELIEF People who die in a state of Grace but are burdened with venial sin or unsatisfied temporal punishment are in Purgatory. People on…

MoreHoly Souls

Matrimony

Matrimony MATRIMONY BASIC R.C. BELIEF The Catechism of the Council of Trent made it clear that the first end of marriage was not procreation (A CATHOLIC DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY, Vol.…

MoreMatrimony