Dave G
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure I understand the situation.I recently attempted to reach out to two well-known Calvinist theologians for spiritual advice, and it seems that they wanted to dismiss my cries for help and have my local church deal with it. That hurt me. I felt the need to reexamine why I'm experiencing such hopelessness.
In my place, the first thing I would have done is to seek the Lord for answers, and then talk to someone that I knew personally and for a long time...
A friend and a brother in Christ, especially one who knows the Scriptures very well.
But there have been times that I felt the need to talk to someone that everyone else viewed and treated as a pastor, as well.
Regardless of whether or not they are "well-known", I suspect they felt that someone who is a bit closer to you, locally, would have been better for you to talk to rather than them reaching out over whatever distance separates you from them.
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