Before Transitioning to a Plurality of Elders, Know Your Church’s History
To shepherd a flock well, we need to understand that flock, and part of doing that is understanding where they have been and the events that have shaped them.
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Counsel for a Young Pastor of a Long-Established Congregation
For a young pastor, consistency becomes one of the primary ways to demonstrate that you are not there to disrupt for disruption’s sake, but to shepherd with care and conviction according to the Word of God.
Richard Baxter’s Advice to Pastors
If God threw down a proud angel from heaven, would he want a proud preacher in the pulpit?
Caring for Aging Parents
Every pastor’s parents are getting older and closer to the day when they will stand before the Lord.
Let the Point of Your Sermon Text Shape Your Church’s Corporate Prayers
Praying the point of the text means the congregation is hearing the passage not only through my voice as the preacher but also through the voices of other godly saints.
How Much of My Suffering Should I Share with My People?
Part of leadership is modeling how to trust God in suffering.
The Elements of Corporate Worship and Christian Discipleship
Scripture teaches us how to use our time together—how to “do church”—and each element of our services is designed by God to disciple you and to give you opportunities to disciple others in your church family.
Protecting Your Children from Bitterness Against the Church
Our children should hear us recounting God’s incredible work among his people far more frequently than bemoaning their faults.
Ten Ways to Savor Sundays
Gathering with God’s people provides a rest that physical inactivity cannot provide. It’s a rest that reinvigorates your soul, not just your body.
Wrestling with God . . . and Winning: John Calvin’s Meditations on Genesis 32:22–32
If not for the Lord being on your side, you’d be completely without hope. And yet, the Lord is on your side. For whatever he brings against you, more still does he give to your defense.
Pastoring Those with Differing Views on God’s Sovereignty in Salvation
The ultimate basis of your hope of making it to the end secure in Christ is not your own resolve, seriousness, or moral character but the finished work of Christ and all of God’s promises in him.
Pastoral Ministry When Parenting Gets Hard
When the days are long and the nights are short, God is not absent.
Kingdom of Priests: Melchizedek, Church Membership and Understanding Your Place in God’s Story
When Peter refers to us as a royal priesthood, he’s speaking corporately. The church is a royal priesthood.
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