Leadership
What to Remember When It’s Going Well
By Ray Ortlund | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020When the ministry is going well, remember that tomorrow’s setbacks and reversals will be bent around in God’s mighty hands into yet more blessing.
What to Remember When It’s Going Poorly
By Ray Ortlund | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020What should we remember when tragedy overwhelms us, or when we lose our way in confusion, or when we seem unable to please anyone and the congregation is stiff and cold—or even walking out?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
Be Courageous! Don’t Avoid Hard or Awkward Conversations
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Pastors can neither be people-pleasers on the one side, nor take pleasure in hurting people on the other. A loving courage for the sake of the final blessedness of the flock is the goal.
A Published Homage to My Unpublished Dad
By Caleb Batchelor | 06.19.2020I love my dad and I’m writing to honor him. But I also want to commend his example to other pastors.
Book Review: If You Bite & Devour One Another, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Nick Dorsey | 06.18.2020Strauch’s book is a nuts-and-bolts guide to dealing with real conflict between real people in real churches.
4 Reasons Pastors Ought to Be Gentle
By Dane Ortlund | 06.17.2020I am asking you to consider stepping into a gentleness your life and ministry have, perhaps, never known.
3 Reasons You Should Preach through 2 Timothy
By Allen Duty | 06.15.2020Second Timothy is relevant today because it reminds us that the gospel must first be preserved in order to be proclaimed.
Redeeming Pastoral Ambition
By Benjamin Vrbicek | 06.12.2020If you want to change the world, be a servant of all.
Small Beginnings: C. H. Spurgeon at Waterbeach
By Geoff Chang | 06.10.2020For so many young pastors, the early years of pastoral ministry can prove daunting. These highlights from Spurgeon’s first pastorate show us what to prioritize in these early years.
Book Review: The Elder, by Cornelis Van Dam
Review by Mark Redfern | 06.05.2020Van Dam’s book will help you understand your pastoral calling as preservers and nurturers of life in the covenant community.
