Comments on: Celibacy http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/celibacy/ Pentecostal Rumination and Review Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:34:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/celibacy/comment-page-1/#comment-64730 Rich Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:36:33 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/celibacy/#comment-64730 I agree, especially the part about a "prophetical life." It's clear that at least some are called to a life of celibacy, and the Church should be thankful and welcome such individuals because they can breath life into dry bones. But we tend not to trust avowedly single ministers anymore. In our hypersexual culture, they are somehow suspect or thought "broken" in some way. Rich Mullens, I think, was committed to a single lifestyle as a prophetic musician, and his single-mindedness (in more ways than one) made his music stand out and minister in amazing ways. Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/" rel="tag">BlogRodent</a> I agree, especially the part about a “prophetical life.” It’s clear that at least some are called to a life of celibacy, and the Church should be thankful and welcome such individuals because they can breath life into dry bones.

But we tend not to trust avowedly single ministers anymore. In our hypersexual culture, they are somehow suspect or thought “broken” in some way.

Rich Mullens, I think, was committed to a single lifestyle as a prophetic musician, and his single-mindedness (in more ways than one) made his music stand out and minister in amazing ways.

Rich

]]> By: Will Phillips http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/celibacy/comment-page-1/#comment-64713 Will Phillips Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:15:50 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/celibacy/#comment-64713 And then you have our Orthodox brothers, who have been marrying & ministering for centuries. But off the cuff, part of me thinks that perhaps us Pentecostals & Protestants have been too quick to whole-heartedly abandon (in practice if not in theory) the call of celibacy — especially as a prophetical life spoken to our sex-driven culture. And then you have our Orthodox brothers, who have been marrying & ministering for centuries.

But off the cuff, part of me thinks that perhaps us Pentecostals & Protestants have been too quick to whole-heartedly abandon (in practice if not in theory) the call of celibacy — especially as a prophetical life spoken to our sex-driven culture.

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