Juan Sanchez
Whacking the Wolves
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020How should we confront the problem of wolves in the church? At times, we must protect the sheep by whacking the wolves with the shepherd’s rod.
How the Lord Prepared Our Church for a Global Pandemic
By Juan Sanchez | 05.07.2020The Lord had been preparing us for this global pandemic through the ordinary means of pastoral ministry.
How (Not) to Preach Wisdom Literature
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020When was the last time you preached through wisdom literature?
Raising Up Leaders in a Hispanic-American Context
By Juan Sanchez | 02.26.2020Pastor Juan Sanchez reflects on the challenges of raising up leaders in a Hispanic-American context.
Book Review: Letters to the Church, by Francis Chan
Review by Juan Sanchez | 10.03.2019Chan offers some penetrating and incisive critiques of the modern church but offers a simplistic solution based on a selective and naïve hermeneutic.
What is pastoral authority and how can we steward it?
By Juan Sanchez | 09.04.2019Pastoral authority is derived from God, it’s rooted in his Word, and it should be shared among a plurality of elders.
Book Review: Preaching as Reminding, by Jeffrey D. Arthurs
Review by Juan Sanchez | 05.23.2019As preachers, we are not only the Lord’s heralds, we are also the Lord’s remembrancers, reminding God’s people of their obligations to the covenant with our king while also calling God’s people back to covenant faithfulness whenever they may wander.
How Church Membership is Misunderstood, Misapplied, and Abused
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Following the Lord Together | 05.07.2019Pastors committed to the importance of church membership need to be cautious. In our righteous zeal to address deficient views of the church, we may be tempted to an unrighteous zeal.
When should pastors preach topical sermons?
By Juan Sanchez | 03.13.2019Expositional preaching should be the regular diet for every local church. But topical sermons have a place, too.
Three Reasons You Should Preach through Proverbs
By Juan Sanchez | 09.27.2018Proverbs makes for challenging preaching, but who else is going to teach our people how to read wisdom literature if we don’t?
How a Biblical Eschatology Protects Against Pastoral Burnout
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018If we’re to endure faithfully in pastoral ministry, we need to remember that we’re leading the church in a time of tension—between the already and the not-yet.
5 Reasons You Should Preach through Leviticus
By Juan Sanchez | 06.14.2018How can a holy God relate to sinful people? Leviticus provides us an answer to that question.
Church Discipline Is a Rescue Operation
By Juan Sanchez | 06.06.2018In the Bible, church discipline is always a rescue operation.
Knowing when it’s time to leave a church
By Juan Sanchez | 12.06.2017How do you know when it’s time to leave a church? Juan Sanchez has some advice.
What do baptism and the Lord’s Supper have to do with the corporate gathering?
By Juan Sanchez | 08.29.2017Baptism implies the local church gathering. It’s an act in which both the church *and* the new believer participate.
