Renewing Your Sense of Call
Ed Dobson
When there have been harrowing storms to weather in ministry, the remembrance of God's original call to me — to preach — is one thing that has helped me stick to it.
— Ed Dobson The week after Easter, I received this letter: "This was [written] after considerable prayer. My husband and I are submitting to the will of God and the urging of other Christians by walking away from your church. "While we could easily slip out unnoticed and certainly never be missed, which is definitely one of the problems here, I feel that our reasons for leaving are important enough to share with you. "From the pulpit recently we heard you comment that there's not enough unity between our church and other denominations. This, Pastor Dobson, is ecumenism, and ecumenism is of the anti-Christ.… "With which of these apostates would you suggest we unite? Our church in one broad sweep is trampling the grace of God and mocking the gospel. The church is the body of Christ, Pastor Dobson, not the unsaved masses of humanity you're trying to attract. Our church offers a program for every aspect of society that sets its foot in its walls — single moms, single dads, fatherless children, divorced women, substance abusers, but virtually nothing for believers. "Although the church may be growing, you are losing the true saints of God. If this has been your goal, you are to be congratulated because you're achieving it. If not, there's still time to turn away." It was signed, "In Christ, a saint." At the bottom of the page, it read, "And thou, Capernaum, which are exalted in the heaven shall be brought down to hell. For if the mighty works which had been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you it will be more tolerable ...
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