{"id":31664,"date":"2025-05-06T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=31664"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T02:01:34","slug":"jeff-mikels-how-pastors-like-me-have-failed-the-people-of-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/jeff-mikels-how-pastors-like-me-have-failed-the-people-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Mikels: C\u00f3mo pastores como yo han fallado al pueblo de Dios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hablamos con el ex pastor evang\u00e9lico Jeff Mikels sobre la aceptaci\u00f3n de la iglesia evang\u00e9lica de \u00eddolos culturales y pol\u00edticos, y su arrepentimiento por su complicidad en esta tendencia. El libro de Jeff\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9780802884664\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Idolatr\u00eda evang\u00e9lica: C\u00f3mo pastores como yo le hemos fallado al pueblo de Dios<\/em><\/a>\u00a0es tanto una confesi\u00f3n como un llamado al arrepentimiento. Reflexionando con franqueza y humildad sobre sus veinte a\u00f1os de ministerio pastoral, Mikels reconoce las formas en que permiti\u00f3 a los feligreses desarrollar lealtades destructivas a \u00eddolos culturales y pol\u00edticos. Mientras trabaja para reformar su propia cosmovisi\u00f3n y abrazar la lealtad \u00fanicamente a Cristo, insta a los pastores evang\u00e9licos y a los laicos a unirse a \u00e9l en la reforma de su fe y en la vivencia de las buenas nuevas del verdadero evangelio.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Mikels tiene t\u00edtulos del Wheaton College y del Denver Seminary. Tiene m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os de experiencia pastoral, liderando una iglesia en Chicago durante cinco a\u00f1os antes de fundar una en Lafayette, IN. All\u00ed, estuvo involucrado en la Pastors\u2019 Alliance; tambi\u00e9n ayud\u00f3 a establecer la Greater Lafayette Gospel Association, que es una red de ministerios enfocados en el evangelio, y se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como su presidente.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con\u00e9ctate con Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">D\u00e9janos un mensaje o haz una pregunta<\/a>\u00a0sobre este o cualquier otro episodio y lo responderemos en un episodio futuro.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a>\u00a0para interactuar con otros oyentes y recibir nuestra lista de enlaces seleccionados cada semana sobre todo lo edificante e interesante.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00bfTe interesa anunciarte en el Gravity Podcast?<\/strong>\u00a0Cont\u00e1ctanos en podcast@gravitycommons.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with former evangelical pastor Jeff Mikels about the evangelical church&#8217;s embrace of cultural and political idols, and his regret of his complicity in this trend. 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