Pastoring
When Your Husband Is Burnt Out
By Anna Moore | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Perhaps you’re just beginning your journey as a pastor’s wife. Perhaps you’ve been one far longer than me. Whatever the case, remember and rejoice in the gospel. Draw near to Christ. He, above all, will sustain you and restore your joy.
How My Mega-Church Hasn’t Burnt Me Out
By Mark Vroegop | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018I’ve been leading a mega-church for over a decade. While it’s not always easy, it hasn’t killed me. It hasn’t burnt me out—at least not yet.
How My Small Church Hasn’t Burnt Me Out
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018My small church hasn’t killed me yet. In fact, it’s grown me.
Waiting On the Lord to Renew Our Strength: Reflections on Pastoral Burnout
By Ray Ortlund | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Burnout means something way down deep just collapses, and we can’t keep going.
One Cure for Burnout: A Plurality of Like-Minded Shepherds
By Jason Dees | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018If you currently pastor a congregation that has no qualified men other than yourself, then you should do two things: begin earnestly praying for such men and, second, perhaps reconsider if your standards are loftier than the Bible’s.
Am I Burnt Out? 30 Useful Questions
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Here are 30 questions—15 internal and 15 external—to ask yourself to discover whether or not you’re on the road to burnout.
One Cure for Burnout: Building a Network of Like-Minded Brothers
By Kevin McKay | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Email another pastor in your area and ask them to read this article with you. Maybe it will start a life-giving friendship for both of you.
How to Avoid Accumulated Fatigue
By Zack Eswine | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018When accumulated fatigue takes hold of us, a night of rest, a weekend get-a-way, or a six-week sabbatical likely won’t help.
3 Reasons You Should Preach through Joshua
By Clift Barnes | 07.05.2018The book of Joshua doesn’t receive the attention it deserves.
Book Review: 15 Things Seminary Couldn’t Teach Me, Edited by Collin Hansen and Jeff Robinson
Review by Gustav Pritchard | 06.15.2018Classroom learning has severe limits in preparing one for the real world of work. Much of the skill in any vocation—ministry or otherwise—is only acquired on the job after years of experience.
4 Reasons You Should Preach through Exodus
By Bobby Jamieson | 06.07.2018Exodus proclaims God’s great act of delivering his people from bondage, gifting them his law, and inviting them into intimate fellowship with himself.
Book Review: Three Books by J. Oswald Sanders
Review by Mark Tanious | 05.24.2018These resources would help any Christian who wants to understand how the nature of God impacts the Christian life, what it means to be a growing disciple of Jesus Christ, and how to grow into a mature leader for the glory of Christ.
The Wide Chasm Between Biblical Principles and Biblical Ideals
By Caleb Greggsen | 05.21.2018Ministry is full of both principles and ideals. If we confuse the two, then we’ll either require something that God does not require for faithfulness, or we’ll disregard an aspect of faithfulness.
Book Review—J. C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, by Iain Murray
Review by Nate Pickowicz | 05.16.2018Famously known as “the man of granite with the heart of a child,” JC Ryle stands out as a towering example of Christian fortitude and pastoral excellence.
Benefits and Negatives of a Long-Term Pastorate
By Ron Pracht | 05.10.2018One pastor reflects on more than 45 years of service in one place.
