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The Pulpitless Plague: A Tragic Tale of Abandonment and its Devastating Impact on the Church

The Pulpitless Plague: A Tragic Tale of Abandonment and its Devastating Impact on the Church

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Jan 11, 2023
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Let us imagine a man, a pastor, who forsakes the traditional trappings of his calling, forgoing the pulpit for a mere stool. He sits, not with the regal bearing of a man called by God to deliver his word, but with the slouching posture of a man worn down by the banalities of everyday life. His voice, not the booming oration of a prophet, but a whiny inf…

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