Pastors also should consider whether their mission field includes jails and prisons in their state. Across the security fencing and behind the walls are men and women who may never experience the privilege of a healthy church if you do not plant one there.
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Union with Christ is a profoundly personal doctrine. But it is not merely a personal doctrine. God has united all his people together with Christ.
Through a right understanding of the gospel which comes through preaching, the Lord’s Supper becomes a tangible, visible illustration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—a visual sermon in itself.
Seminary didn’t prepare me to understand that this is the privilege of pastoral ministry—to be beside you, serving as your pastor at the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in your lives.
Sometimes, the best use of Scripture will not be to correct false thinking, but to direct them to the rest that’s found in the arms of Jesus.
Sometimes the exhortations and example of others can cut through a deadened conscience and draw us back toward godliness.
“We must have two eyes, one to see imperfections in ourselves and others, the other to see what is good.”
If you’re a member of a local church, each Lord’s Day is an opportunity to evangelize and disciple the children in your gathering
Sometimes your counsel will be the difference between a wise option and a suboptimal, borderline foolish option.
When a church’s trellis is broken, its ministry vine can’t grow. This is why church operations—the daily management of people, finances, and processes—is so necessary.
If we submit all our differences under the lordship of Christ, God’s Spirit will lead us either to full agreement or loving acceptance of one another.
Our lives are linked, not just by a subjective sense that we “feel connected,” but by the body and the blood of Jesus.
Character is not a secondary, nice-to-have feature for an elder; it is essential to the role.
