One of the most painful and heartbreaking moments in our church’s 80-year history was the division of the church that took place in the early 1980s. The pastor at that time took half the church and established another church a few blocks from our church. The divisions of the Church are very unfortunate and painful […]
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Have I spent most of my adult life hating silence?But I didn’t know. I was a great blind spot, I ignored my constant desire to be with people simply by being extroverted and attributed my talking nature to my intense relational instincts. These qualities seemed to help me in my pastoral interactions with people, so
When you read the word “common, ” what do you think? Common synonyms include inexpressive, typical, normal, and ordinary. As soon as you add these synonyms to a name, you will come to the conclusions: My day was typical. The movie didn’t make sense. The show was regular. When we think of pastoral ministry, we
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There are all sorts of different sermons that a preacher can preach: doctrinal, evangelical, subjects, and various other types of sermons that are not bad in themselves and have their place, but that does not change my deep conviction that the best way to preach to God. faithful and precise word is to preach explanatory
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Pastors’ Forum of 9 brands and theologians: What lessons have you learned the hardest about church discipline? Tom Ascol The real difficulty in corrective ecclesiastical discipline is not so much knowing what to do, not even how to do it, although these issues are problematic, the hardest thing is to manage it. It’s painful. There
Discouragement seems to be an epidemic among today’s shepherds, this is due to many factors, among which loneliness is the most common; Pastors are known to isolate the the thes in their churches and ministries, so they are continually tempted to think that they are the only ones facing departmental pressures and demands. The antidote
Pastor, have you ever felt exhausted, as if everyone looks at you and expects you to do magic to solve all their problems?In this video, Russell Moore invites us to remember that we have been called to fidelity. Brethren, we are not healers. I say this because many years ago I heard a pastor say.
A forum of theologians and pastors: What are the most difficult lessons you learned when selecting alumums? Responses from John MacArthur Is there a good and vital reason why Paul said, “Recklessly impose someone?(1 Timothy 5. 22). Biblical qualifications for the elderly are characteristics of piety and gifts that must be tested over time. A
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Show me an adult man with a knob and I’ll show you a basketball player. Show me an adult goat in sandals and I’ll show you a young shepherd. As a child, I remember that the youth pastor of my church was totally different from any other pastor I had ever seen. I quoted rock
Isn’t that fair, I’ve lost my job? I heard a shepherd. “Members of my church post much worse things than I do on social media. Is it a double standard?” Yes. It is a drag. Two measures. But it is reality and many times more pastors and leaders are removed from their ministries by behaviors
