5 ways elders should shepherd one another
Who will pastor the pastors? Who helps the pastors maintain steadiness in walking with Christ? Who sharpens them when dulled? Who cares for them when hurting?
Article Page Feature
Pastor, are you known by the Spirit’s fruit?
Aaron’s book is one of those rare books that bears revisiting. Why? Because as a pastor—as a Christian—I need to be reminded that fruit-bearing is not optional; it’s at the heart of maturity and growth as a minister of the gospel.
Pastor, beware of subtle self-promotion
There is far more at stake with the issue of self-promotion than whether you should use postcards or social media to tell people about your ministry. A heart bent on self-promotion will keep a person from believing in Jesus for salvation.
Pastor, take the long view of ministry and persevere in plodding
Ministry is plodding. Sometimes it’s falling forward. Sometimes your feet feel so heavy, you don’t think you can go another step. You just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
3 ways misguided biblical theology leads to misguided sermons
Faithful sermons exposit the text, and faithful exposition takes into account the text’s literary, historical, covenantal, and ultimately canonical context.
Hang in there pastor, change comes slowly
It’s tempting to think God, who created all things so quickly, might lead us through tribulation with greater haste. But he doesn’t. God tends to work slowly, then and now.
10 reasons your church members are so ornery amid the pandemic
If you sense your church members are getting a bit ornery, you are probably right. Indeed, you as a church leader may be struggling with some of these same issues.
Pastor, is church planting for you?
Our personalities, aptitudes, dispositions, and so forth will shape the how but not the what of our ministries. We are to “fulfill our ministry” regardless of the inner characteristics God knit into the fabric of who we are.
I’m grateful J. I. Packer wrote theology for the church
Dr. Packer is now safe in the arms of his dear Savior, but what the writer of Hebrews says of Abel’s legacy of faith will be true of Packer for years to come: “though he died, he still speaks.”
Don’t look for community in the church. Be the community.
True community is never found by looking for it. It can only be found by pursuing Christ. He understands loneliness better than we do.
What’s the difference between interpreting the Bible and praying the Bible?
When praying the Bible, our primary activity is prayer, not Bible intake. Bible reading is secondary in this process. Our focus is on God through prayer; our glance is at the Bible.
Pastor, teach your church theological triage
Pastor, help your people see when it’s time to go to war and when it’s time for diplomacy.
Six things you inherit when you pastor an established church
Considerate pastors understand what they are inheriting before people stop introducing them as the “new pastor.”
If Christians can lose their salvation, we all lose the gospel
Denying the perseverance of the saints has absolutely devastating consequences.
Five reasons you should read the whole Bible in 2020
Every student of the Bible, particularly those who are charged with teaching it, should commit to reading it in a calendar year.
Six ways the cradle points to the cross
The good news links the Christmas story with Easter and shows how one is incomplete without the other.
What does godly encouragement look like?
Don’t underestimate the impact your encouragement might have in someone’s life.
How much doctrine does one have to know to be saved?
Asking about the minimal level of doctrinal knowledge a Christian must have is dangerous if one is trying to get out of believing the whole Bible. But if it is asked humbly, the answer is a sweet reminder that, as the old adage goes, the gospel is shallow enough for a child to wade in and deep enough for an adult to swim in.