Cultivate Humility
By Erik Raymond | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020If we’re going to help our people, we pastors must cultivate humility.
Why Should Pastors Care About Their Holiness?
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Brother pastor, do you care about holiness? Please don’t give up caring. Be vigilant. Soldier on against your sin from this day to the day of your death.
Tend Your Heart: Drinking from the Fountain of Mirth
By David Mathis | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Brothers, we have permission to set aside our next sermon, open the Book, and simply tend to our own heart for an unhurried season each day.
Right and Wrong Pastoral Ambitions
By Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Pastoral calling and ministry training do not inoculate from wrong ambitions. But men who are humbly lashed to God’s Word, with character shaped by the gospel, will pursue right ambitions.
God’s Servant Must Not Be Quarrelsome: Good Pastors Know When to Pick a Fight But Prefer to Avoid Them
By Kevin DeYoung | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020There are fights to pick. Staying out of the fray is not always the better part of valor. But often it is.
Patience: A Pastor’s Superpower
By Dan Miller | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Pastoral patience—the capacity to invest sufficient time in the pursuit of kingdom outcomes without freaking out—is a vital virtue in the exercise of pastoral care.
Recalibrating Sources of Encouragement: How My Sources of Joy Have Changed 10 Years into Ministry
By Mark Redfern | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020In my decade of pastoring, I’ve undergone a shift in the sources of my joy.
Pursue Friendships with Other Pastors
By PJ Tibayan | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020If you deprive yourself of God’s gift of pastor-friends, you might find yourself increasingly isolated and discouraged.
Be Generous—Give People and Money
By Paul Martin | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Jesus tells us there is joy in generosity. In giving. In dying to our preferences and pleasures. In taking the way of the cross rather than the way of collection.
Be Hospitable
By Matt Emadi | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020We shouldn’t spend all of our time buried in books. Instead we should talk about those books with others, perhaps even over a meal.
Pastors on Social Media
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020How should pastors think about their own use of social media?
Send Missionaries & Inspire Senders
By John Folmar | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Here are three practical ways our congregations can be staging areas for gospel advancement into the unreached places of the world.
Pastor, Train Future Pastors
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020The more I studied Scripture and watched pastors I respected, I became convinced that pastors have the opportunity and responsibility to train other pastors.
It’s Not All About Preaching: Why Pastors Need to Care about Administration
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Do pastors need to care about administration?
Love Your Flock
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Of all the places where people should hear that they are loved, they should hear it in the church—especially from their pastor.
