{"id":272,"date":"2014-05-27T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/?p=272"},"modified":"2014-08-07T22:54:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:54:34","slug":"qualifications-good-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/qualifications-good-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Qualifications of a Good Pastor&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>A good pastor must have:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>the strength of an ox,<br \/>\nthe tenacity of a bulldog,<br \/>\nthe daring of a lion,<br \/>\nthe wisdom of an owl,<br \/>\nthe harmlessness of a dove,<br \/>\nthe industry of a beaver,<br \/>\nthe gentleness of a sheep,<br \/>\nthe versatility of a chameleon.<br \/>\nthe vision of an eagle,<br \/>\nthe hide of a rhinoceros,<br \/>\nthe perspective of a giraffe,<br \/>\nthe endurance of a camel,<br \/>\nthe bounce of a kangaroo,<br \/>\nthe stomach of a horse,<br \/>\nthe disposition of an angel,<br \/>\nthe loyalty of an apostle,<br \/>\nthe faithfulness of a prophet,<br \/>\nthe tenderness of a shepherd,<br \/>\nthe fervency of an evangelist,<br \/>\nthe devotion of a mother,<br \/>\nthe ability to work with turkeys<br \/>\nand live on \u2018chicken feed,\u2019<br \/>\nand still he could not please everybody!&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This further underscores the unreasonable demands often placed on God&#8217;s servants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please God or please man, the choice is mine . . .<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good pastor must have: the strength of an ox, the tenacity of a bulldog, the daring of a lion, the wisdom of an owl, the harmlessness of a dove, the industry of a beaver, the gentleness of a sheep, the versatility of a chameleon. the vision of an eagle, \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/qualifications-good-pastor\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaglesummitministry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}