Theology and Pastoral Ministry
By Graham Heslop | 12.10.2014Pastor, I plead with you: Don’t let your books become decorative and dusty testaments to your theological study. Theological study is not an academic hoop to jump through in order to get into the pastorate, but a vital aspect of any vital pastoral ministry.
Pastoring an Elderly Congregation
By Will McCartney | 11.25.2014How am I to lead an elderly saint who has faithfully followed Christ for more years than I have been alive?
Book Review: On Guard, by Deepak Reju
Review by Jeff Mooney | 11.24.2014As a pastor and father, I am profoundly grateful for this book.
Book Review: Next, by William Vanderbloemen and Warren Bird
Review by Jason Meyer | 11.14.2014This book brought me great pain in terms of the way the authors measure success in pastoral succession.
Denominational and Cultural Decline and Pastoral Prayers: An Interview with Mark Dever
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.03.2014How does talk of denominational decline affect your pastoral prayers?
Not Satisfied with Our Shepherding . . . Yet
By Bob Johnson | 10.22.2014Church membership is not primarily for recruiting volunteers to make ministries run better. Church membership is a commitment to help one another make it to heaven.
Book Review: Finding a Vision for Your Church, by Michael A. Milton
Review by Ben Wright | 09.15.2014This is no nifty how-to book; it is a why-to and what-to book.
Pastors’ Forum: Evangelism and Discipleship in the Local Church
By A. Duty, D. Furman, E. Bancroft, J. Rinne, J. Smuts, J. Worsley, M. Hoskinson, N. Knight | 09.03.2014How can a pastor encouarge evangelism and discipleship in the life of the local church?
What Does “First Among Equals” Mean on an Elder Board
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014The answer to this question depends on combining both the revealed wisdom that God gives to all of us in his Word and the situation-specific wisdom that he must give individually.
What a New Pastor Doesn’t Know
By Matthew Hoskinson | 08.28.2014If you’re getting ready to enter a pastorate, you might have your list of changes ready. Can I encourage you to tuck that list away for a while?
Imagination, Church Reform, and the Art of the Impossible
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014Imagination draws the line between what one can and can’t conceive. So we could say that an increasingly biblical imagination involves faith expanding your view of the possible.
Stretching the Pastor’s Imagination
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014Here are a few suggestions for stretching and strengthening pastors’ imaginations.
Nobody Gets the Church They Want
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014Whatever might be on your want-list, I can guarantee this: not everything on your list is on God’s.
Leading the Church through Grief of Sin
By Joey Cochran | 08.27.2014It is appropriate for us to include opportunities to grieve, confess and repent sin in our church’s corporate gathering.