I’m a Pharisee

Mar 1, 2010 Print This Post

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I hate it when God reminds me that I’m a Pharisee.
Recently, I found myself actually praying this prayer:

“God, don’t let me become like that guy.”

I really meant it. “That Guy” represents the kind of pastor I don’t want to be. I felt it was a righteous prayer: I was asking God to help me pastor in a Biblical way. Not an hour later, I heard someone share on this verse:

Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers – or even like this tax collector.

Ouch. I bet the Pharisee thought he was being righteous in his prayer.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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