污老N这类的披着羊皮的狼驳倒了

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).

我们注意到，一种更加印象主义或情感化的讲道方式往往会很受欢迎，但它不会产生一个受过良好指教的会众，从中会涌现出“坚守所教的真实的道”（多1：9）的长老。因此，长老候选人在蒙召和按立之前必须在教义上健全（纯正）。此外，在为担任职务做准备时，他们必须接受更仔细的神学指导，以培养洞察力。这一指示提供了诸如《海德堡教义问答》和《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》等伟大的信仰告白的一个主要目的。这些文件对所有基督徒都有很大的价值，但它们的主要目的是建立健全教导的界限，并指导那些将统治教会教义的人。威斯敏斯特的神学家制作了两本教义问答，一份较大，一份较短，用于基督教教学。值得注意的是，今天，即使是教导长老也通常根据简短教义问答来准备按立考试，而不是更广泛的大教理问答，而简短版本的最初目标受众却是教会的年轻人。我清楚地记得我的一位神学院教授赞扬了《小要理问答》的价值，他说：“拿着《日内瓦圣经》和《小要理问答》的苏格兰女学生是一位深刻的神学家！”因此，教会中的所有人，无论老少，都应该如此。但那些被呼召和任命担任长老职务的人应该达到更高的知识标准，以便“将纯正的教训劝化人。又能把争辩的人驳倒了”（多1:9）。