An exploration of the factors that have contributed to a crisis in the professions has revealed that Americans lack a shared moral tradition. This cultural change has created a social and personal crisis for professionals. An absence of shared values has contributed to skepticism from without and an identity crisis from within. In a secularized, materialistic culture in which moral values are relative, what is a minister to be and to do? This brings us then to the crux of the matter: Is the minister
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