Inverted Orthodoxy #316 - AER, cultivating hope, endless money/time pastors are weird

Inverted Orthodoxy

In this weeks episode, Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following:

AER Regarding the treatment of someone in the church doing something inappropriate: although it is true that Paul, in 1st Cor. told them how to treat such a person, he also told them to back off in 2 Cor 2: 6-8. I personally dont know how to take this in light of all the SBC shinanigans. "...you have imposed a severe enough punishment...now forgive and comfort so that he is not overwhelmed...I urge you to assure him that he is loved "

The New Testament writers spoke a lot about hope. What is this hope they speak of and how can we cultivate this hope in our lives today?

Here's a fun question for you guys. If you had endless money and time, what would you spend your time doing?

Being a pastor is probably a weird job. Like most jobs, weird people can get into it and cause some trouble, but pastoring seems to be potentially more destructive when misused by people.

What kind of “checks” do you have in place to ensure that you don’t become destructive, whether in your role at the church or in general in life? What checks do you think more people could/should have in place to avoid falling into destruction?