The final episode of the series answers common objections to the case against pastoral salaries, from “wages” in 1 Timothy 5:18 to Paul’s example in 1 Corinthians 9 and the long history of paid clergy. Each objection is tested against the text of Scripture.

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Part 5 of 'When the Sheep Hold the Shepherd's Purse' takes a break from the argument to answer your questions. Are elder and pastor the same role? What's the real difference between an honorarium and a salary? And how could a church's ministry survive without a full-time, salaried pastor? This episode tackles the six questions listeners ask most before turning to the objections still waiting in Part 6.

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Every verse examined so far describes a man on the move. This episode turns to the one passage that actually addresses the pastor who stays — 1 Timothy 5:17-18, the verse most people think settles this question for good.

We trace one Greek word, honor, from the widows in verse 3 to the elders in verse 17, and ask what a lexicon, an ancient will, and a stack of everyday Greek business records can tell us about what that word actually meant. A major modern commentary concedes more than it means to. And Paul himself, addressing the Ephesian elders face to face for the last time, settles what no lexicon alone could.

If this series has a climax, this episode is it.

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