what do you think about this pastor

“I ask you what you think of the faithful minister of Christ, who honestly exposes sin and pricks your conscience. Mind how you answer that question. Too many, nowadays, like only those ministers who prophesy smooth things and let their sins alone, who flatter their pride and amuse their intellectual taste, but who never sound an alarm, and never tell them of a wrath to come.” ~ J.C. Ryle, Holiness

Ezra, an example, was "skilled in the law of Moses" (Ezra 7.6), "learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord" (Ezra 7.11), and that the "hand of the Lord his God was upon him" (Ezra 7.6). He had calling along with talent and training.