David Murray

Anxious People Need Shepherds Who Point Them to the Chief Shepherd

By David Murray | 03.29.2021

Pastors, anxiety is probably running rampant in your church. So how do you shepherd your people to respond to anxiety rightly? You teach them about God’s character, God’s promises, and God’s songs.

Managing Expectations for a Sustainable Ministry

By David Murray | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018

How can a church support and protect its new pastor both from his own and others’ expectations, so that he will set off and continue at a sustainable pace?

There Are Souls to Be Saved: How Can We Rest?

By David Murray | 07.24.2017

The theological root of so much burnout is a failure to believe in the sovereignty of God. We simply don’t trust God to do the work that only he can do.