Pastor Perspective with Alastair Sterne

But like within the church, because it's our house, what do you recommend for people when they feel a really strong conviction about something? of putting it on somebody else who maybe God hasn't brought that up in them yet.

Yeah.

I think people need to belong and believe before they behave.

Right.

And, and I think I

just look at Jesus, like how long he walked with his disciples as a group of sinners, how far short they were of who he was.

And I, And I think a big part of being in the church is like you have people who are strong in faith and weak in faith.

You have people who are mature and immature.

And maturity isn't always correlated to age.

And learning how to, you know, walk with people in their brokenness and have patience and to bear with them.

You know, there's egregious sins sometimes, and those have to be dealt with.

I'm not denying that, but...

They agree to stuff like that's where pastors and elders are supposed to get involved.

The everyday stuff where it's like, I just don't think you're living in alignment with something.

Again, I just go, one, do you know the person? Do you actually know the whole story? Is God actually calling you into that conversation? And if he is, go into it humbly.

And yeah, go into it, like acknowledging that it might not go great.

Like I've had plenty of honest conversations that I thought were done tactfully that went horribly.

And that's part of it.

Like you can't, you can't guarantee outcomes.

Right.

And, um, and so I think again, for myself, if I'm going to speak into someone's life, I better believe that it's warranted.

Um, Otherwise, it just causes too much unnecessary damage.

And so, you know, I see

things all the time as a pastor.

And I go, okay, is this the moment? And if it is, okay.