Future Pastors?

I sat and hung out with Daniel and Nathan for most of the day at Regent studying and preparing for our final exams and debating our various Christian perspectives and most of our conversation revolved around these big name preachers that we admired to be like.

One thing bothered me. As we talked about that one day which is steam rolling on its way, we wanted to be learn and mostly "become" this great preachers that we talked about. In our admiration we wanted to be just like them. But at the same time we reflect towards our education and how we are doing at school....

Now, not that we undervalue our graduate seminary education...but I can honestly say there things I have no tried my best at. There are courses that I have gotten away without much consideration or concentration.

Is this to be us? Do we deserve to be good pastors, nevertheless just pastors alone? Is this our future?

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The fear of knowing nothing...

As i struggle down the road in preparing for my first ever sermon, the more and more I come to realize I really know nothing.

How do I preach when I don't even know what I want to say?

Reading and listening to other theologians/pastors just makes me realize even more how much I do not know.

I have no theology.

I'm not a Calvinist, Armenian, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Emergent, etc...

What do I know?

I'm like a cleaned slate....easily swayed this way or that

But I want to only preach the truth...

and the only truth I know is Jesus Christ and him crucified.

I hope that is enough.

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