Jesus isn’t like the credit card company that sets up shop on a college campus trying to get students to sign on the dotted line without reading the fine print. No, Jesus forces potential converts to stare at the fine print before signing on.
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Over time and through many tears, he brought me to the point where I could honestly say that if I never pastored another church or preached another sermon, Christ is enough.
In my experience, the temptation to bail out of ministry hasn’t come from one major trial that seemed impossible to overcome. Instead, it’s been the feeling of death by a thousand cuts that threatens my joy in this work.
Pastor, you have the privilege and responsibility to lead the flock, and the primary way you lead is through the public ministry of the Word.
Christians must continue to fulfill their God-given family responsibilities while also honoring (as best as possible) the divinely intended consequences of church discipline.
When you read his letters and listen to his sermons, you realize that Spurgeon was often deeply discouraged.
Natural law helps supply the framework that makes the majesty of the gospel intelligible to a broken world.
You may have no intention of ever publishing a book or an article, and that’s fine. But as a pastor, you’re already a writer.
Members with especially sensitive consciences are not in the way of ministry; they are your ministry.
Biblical faith is not an individual construction but something received, guarded, defended, and handed down, all in communion with preceding generations.
Corporate worship is not, and must not become, a spectator event.
Worship is not about curating an experience; it is about encountering the living God through the means he has ordained.
Corporate worship is not peripheral to God’s people but woven into the very purpose of creation and the goal of redemption.
