Comments on: When ‘Ministry’ Becomes Your God

By: Melville Holmes

Melville Holmes — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:20:39 +0000

Hi Ingrid,

Brother Sparks (as they called him) had it right on this.

So happy to see you are still going strong!

Melville Holmes

By: Kathryn Brogdon

Kathryn Brogdon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:13:22 +0000

Ah, Ingrid…so refreshing. I read your “Slice of Laodicea” for a while, but this is even better. Even “good” things and right causes become idolatry. Even doctrinal correctness and favorite anchor verses. This is why we need to be Christocentric in the whole of our faith. It’s about “Not I, but Christ” in the whole of our faith. Bro. Sparks got it right.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:41:13 +0000

you said it so well Ingrid.. People love the praises from men more than praises that come from God…-John 12:43

By: In-House Counsel

In-House Counsel — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:32:32 +0000

So true! I think Christians have become aware that worldly success and achievement can be an idol but you make the point so well that Christian service can as well. Thank you.

By: Ingrid Schlueter

Ingrid Schlueter — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:51:08 +0000

The Next Big Thing becomes what you live for rather than seeking Christ himself. This is one of the biggest snares of those in ministry. Somewhere, their identity becomes wrapped up in what they do, not in Jesus Christ, and they serve and work for the Thing they’ve built, forever able to call this busy-ness “serving Christ.” People applaud, and you run ever faster on the treadmill, until your life begins to fray and fall apart underneath the surface. Families get neglected, children begin to show the fruit of not being discipled, because you were too busy serving the Great Cause. And always, always there is someone to praise you for “serving Christ”, when what you were really doing was serving your idol. The proof of who was really being served will show in your life and your primary relationships. Rotten fruit will reveal the wrong god.

~Ingrid