污老N這類的披着羊皮的狼駁倒了

We noted that a more impressionistic or emotional approach to preaching will often be popular, but one thing it will not do is to produce a well-instructed congregation from which elders will emerge who “hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught” (Titus 1:9). Elder candidates must therefore be sound in doctrine before their calling and ordination. Moreover, in preparation for their office, they must receive more careful instruction in theology so as to develop discernment. This instruction provides one primary purpose of the great confessional statements, such as the Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith. These documents are of great value for all Christians, but their main purpose is to establish the bounds of sound teaching and instruct those who will rule over the church’s doctrine. The Westminster divines produced two catechisms, one larger and one shorter, for Christian instruction. It is noteworthy that today even teaching elders usually prepare for their ordination examinations from the Shorter Catechism, rather than the much more extensive Larger Catechism, when the original intended audience of the shorter version was the young people of the church. I well remember one of my seminary professors’ extolling the value of the Shorter Catechism, remarking, “The Scottish schoolgirl with her Geneva Bible and Shorter Catechism was a profound theologian!” So it should be for all people in the church, young and old. But those called and ordained to the office of elder should attain to a higher standard of knowledge, so as “to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it” (Titus 1:9).

我們注意到，一種更加印象主義或情感化的講道方式往往會很受歡迎，但它不會產生一個受過良好指教的會眾，從中會湧現出“堅守所教的真實的道”（多1：9）的長老。因此，長老候選人在蒙召和按立之前必須在教義上健全（純正）。此外，在為擔任職務做准備時，他們必須接受更仔細的神學指導，以培養洞察力。這一指示提供了諸如《海德堡教義問答》和《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》等偉大的信仰告白的一個主要目的。這些文件對所有基督徒都有很大的價值，但它們的主要目的是建立健全教導的界限，並指導那些將統治教會教義的人。威斯敏斯特的神學家製作了兩本教義問答，一份較大，一份較短，用於基督教教學。值得注意的是，今天，即使是教導長老也通常根據簡短教義問答來准備按立考試，而不是更廣泛的大教理問答，而簡短版本的最初目標受眾卻是教會的年輕人。我清楚地記得我的一位神學院教授讚揚了《小要理問答》的價值，他說：“拿着《日內瓦聖經》和《小要理問答》的蘇格蘭女學生是一位深刻的神學家！”因此，教會中的所有人，無論老少，都應該如此。但那些被呼召和任命擔任長老職務的人應該達到更高的知識標准，以便“將純正的教訓勸化人。又能把爭辯的人駁倒了”（多1:9）。