Wacky Wednesday--You Should Only Listen To Your Pastor’s Preaching

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~A single leader creates community among those who all believe the same things.
~Different people learning different things creates chaos.
~Unity and strength come from similarity, not from diversity.
~You should be loyal to a leader for all he’s done for you.
~Other pastors might be better teachers, funnier, more charismatic, or anything else, and this makes you less appreciative of your own and wish he were more like them.
~Listening to other pastors is no different than a married man going to a strip club once in a while, at least in terms of the effect it has on your ability to be fully satisfied with your own wife.
~A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
~A teacher shouldn’t build on another man’s foundation, nor want to, and a student shouldn’t allow another man to build on the foundation laid by his teacher.
~Listening to other pastors gives you the idea that there are plenty of options available for you at other churches if you become unhappy here, which makes it that much harder to convince yourself to do what’s necessary to bless this church.
~The only reason to listen to other people is because you aren’t getting what you need at home or in your own Bible devotions. If that’s the case, it’s probably because you’ve grown used to being spoon fed but you need to learn to feed yourself, not be spoon fed by someone else.
~Does your pastor get excited at the idea of you listening to other people? Would you discuss your choice to listen to other people with your him? Why not?
~What you need is to work on your own spiritual maturity rather than getting given more freebies from someone else’s daddy.
~Most people seek other pastors because they aren’t actually living what even their own pastor preaches.
~Multiple inputs often leads to confusion and relativism.
~When you hear others challenge what your pastor preaches, you become disillusioned both with him and with truth in general.
~It’s easy to get exposed to heresy through other people.
~We don’t generally ask children what sort of food they think would be best for them to eat. And some people are clearly children, according to Hebrews 5.
~How can a pastor keep track of what his congregation knows so he can know what to teach them if they’re out listening to anyone else?
~Do you want your kids listening to other random adults without your supervision or at least consent?