Tag: pastors
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Sign Up To Guest Star in Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026
I certainly have those friends I love to have theological conversations with. If you’d like to guest-star on the show, click the button below. My topics for the show are limited to issues in ministry, exposition, and theology. If you have a topic on your heart that falls in or overlaps those categories, I would…
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The Fall of The Busy Bee
I had someone invite me to something recently. “I understand if you can’t come,” he said, “pastors are really busy.” What a sad commentary on the expectation that pastors don’t have time for people because of their schedules. There’s something wrong with that. I know, I know. There are sermons to prepare, office hours to…
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Church is About the Gospel, Not Our Agendas
Hebrews 10 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; Holding fast Jesus paid the only offering necessary for our salvation and citizenship in His kingdom. Therefore, it is our great liberty to approach God. God has not given us burden upon burden…
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Ministry Monday: Stop Casting New Vision
People don’t need us to cast a grand vision. They need us to be faithful. You’ve heard it before: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Great leaders stand on their podiums and at their pulpits to cast a grand vision about how things can be and how we will get there! I ask,…
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Stop Casting New Vision; A Reflection on Proverbs 29:18
People don’t need us to cast a grand vision. They need us to be faithful. You’ve heard it before: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Great leaders stand on their podiums and at their pulpits to cast a grand vision about how things can be and how we will get there! I ask,…
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Ministry Monday: Pastors as Helpers, not Heads
No, Your Pastor Isn’t the Leader of Your Church In our human nature, filled with sin, we are very prone to pride, even in ministry. Really in everything we do. You’ve heard the song, “Everybody wants to rule the world.” Such a statement is so true from our natural human hearts–before Christ redeems us, gives…
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Pastors as Helpers, Not Heads
No, Your Pastor Isn’t the Leader of Your Church In our human nature, filled with sin, we are very prone to pride, even in ministry. Really in everything we do. You’ve heard the song, “Everybody wants to rule the world.” Such a statement is so true from our natural human hearts–before Christ redeems us, gives…
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Redemption From Religious Burdens: Considering the Gospel of Freedom Against Strange Doctrine in 1 Timothy
We have seen the character qualities we should all strive for in life and ministry. If we are to summarize all the qualifications into one word, I think it should be selflessness. We don’t want to be the types of people who gain for ourselves, whether that be monetarily, positionally, or emotionally. That’s why we…
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The Congregation in View: Reflecting on 1 Timothy 3 for Transitional Churches
We tend to stop after we read the qualifications for pastors and deacons. We stop directly after reading the qualifications because we are reading with the intent to judge others. Doubtless we want pastors and deacons whose character is reflected in 1 Timothy 3. We want pastors and deacons who sincerely love the congregation, are…
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Deacons, Likewise: Considerations for Transitional Churches in 1 Timothy 3
After stating the character qualifications for pastoral candidates, Paul inserts qualifications for deacons. Not all ministry involves pastoral work, strictly speaking. There are also deacons. In some way, the deacon office is like that of an overseer or pastor—but not the same. Paul exhorts the church through Timothy, Deacons likewise must be men of dignity,…