Encouragement for the young struggling pastor
It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth (Lamentations 3:27). Dear Young Pastor: I hear you’re having a tough time of it. Good. Glad to hear it. As I got it, a group in the … Continue reading
It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth (Lamentations 3:27). Dear Young Pastor: I hear you’re having a tough time of it. Good. Glad to hear it. As I got it, a group in the … Continue reading
“As a result of this, many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.” (John 6:66) “They went out from us because they were not of us.” (I John 2:19) Sometimes the best thing to happen to … Continue reading
“If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how shall you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” (John 3:12) The Christian faith is not a cafeteria from which one may pick and choose what to believe … Continue reading
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you” (Ephesians … Continue reading
“Preach on sin, Pastor!” When the old gentleman urged that bit of counsel upon me, I assumed he wanted me to harp on the ways of drug addicts and murderers and terrorists, sins no one in our congregation was committing. … Continue reading
The pastor said to me, “Pray for me. It’s hard out here. But we’re hanging in there, trying not to return evil for evil.” I teased, “That’s why they pay you the big bucks, to put up with that stuff.” … Continue reading
Michelle Singletary writes a financial advice column for the Washington Post. Some years ago, a fellow wrote Ms. Singletary for advice. He was planning to marry his fiancee of 18 months as soon as they dealt with her spending habits … Continue reading
My mother once asked if when couples come to see me with marriage plans, do I try to talk them out of it. She was teasing, but that’s not entirely a joke. If the preacher can, he perhaps ought to. … Continue reading
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15). We hear of it too frequently. –“He used to be a pastor. But the people in the churches were so mean–undercutting him, criticizing, backbiting, slandering, and then kicking him … Continue reading
In the Lord’s work as in anything else in life, there are essentials and non-essentials. There are the loadbearing features and cosmetic for-appearance-only aspects. If we don’t know which is which, we’re in big trouble. In the late 16th century, … Continue reading