Few books have been more helpful to me thinking through the work of the ministry and the hypocrisies always clamoring for my devotion than Soren Kiergegaard's Attack Upon "Christendom". Here's an excerpt...
Had St. Paul a serious position?
No.
Had he any means of livelihood?
No.
Did he make a lot of money?
No.
Did he marry and have children?
No.
But in that case St. Paul was not a serious man!