Aaron Proffitt

This past week I had a new visitor at Aletheia tell me that they loved our church and that it reminded me of their church back home. That is always a good thing in my mind because we want people to feel comfortable when they come through our doors. But the next thing she said was interesting. She said “But our pastor back home would never say some of the things you said.” She was not saying that negatively at all. It was a compliment….a compliment that I am more encouraged about than any other compliment I could ever receive as a teaching pastor.

We are all about orthodoxy, sound doctrine, substance, and depth at this young church plant. In fact, it is what the Aletheia Network is all about as a whole. We are not about dumb-ing people down with a water downed gospel.

I think we get that from our Savior. Jesus was as tough as nails and a real man’s man. He wasn’t some girly-man who was effeminate (as culture portrays him). He was rough, rugged, hard-nosed, and tough. And of course he had the perfect balance of sensitivity. I love that about Jesus. He didn’t pull any punches…especially when dealing with the Judaizers.

John Macarthur wrote a book about this and I am loving it. Check it out when you have a chance. It will get you fired up about battling post-modernity and neo-evangelicalism.