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A Bully in the Pulpit?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Answering a listener's question, John Piper told followers of his podcast that a bullying pastor is a leader who abuses his authority. The retired Bethlehem Baptist Church pastor said bullying pastors should be admonished and gave listeners of his Ask Pastor John program a scriptural litmus test to identifying such a leader.

Bullying or abusive church leaders manifest themselves in a number of ways, Piper explained. One of those manifestations is tearing down church members.

"One of the reasons you have to rebuke one person in the church is because they are hurting the sheep. They're hurting other people and out of love and the up-building of the other people, you may have to get tough with a sheep-hurter or destroyer or a wolf in sheep's clothing," he explained.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/john-piper-says-bullying-pastors-abuse-authority-and-should-be-rebuked-129254/

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