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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-394/
- Published: 2024-05-11T09:00:37.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-11T09:00:37.000Z
- Description: How to make better arguments, how much to pay pastors, the weightiness of worship, and more
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[How to Make Better, More Careful, More Persuasive Arguments](https://go.dashhouse.com/MVZ5?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I want to suggest two ways we can make our arguments *harder*, which in this case means better, more careful, and more persuasive.

[A Response to John MacArthur’s Statements on Mental Illness From a Family it Has Misjudged](https://go.dashhouse.com/MVZO?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I primarily write this to those navigating mental illness in their child.

[Institution Building Requires Virtue](https://go.dashhouse.com/MVYp?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Unfortunately, during times of fear and turmoil, it is very easy for us to build institutions founded on vice rather than virtue.

[Slouching Towards Saul When Selecting Leaders](https://go.dashhouse.com/MVZI?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Pastors and planters — even parents — are responsible to identify potential in individuals and prosper that potential. That means selecting and raising up new leaders. How do we identify and prosper God-given leadership potential?

[How Much Should Churches Pay Their Pastors?](https://go.dashhouse.com/MVYu?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I propose that an elder board or search committee triangulate the following three numbers to come up with a reasonable salary.

My column this week at [The Gospel Coalition Canada](https://go.dashhouse.com/MMiB?ref=dashhouse.com): [The Weightiness of Worship](https://go.dashhouse.com/MWDl?ref=dashhouse.com)

> We need churches that take God seriously and that refuse to resort to gimmicks to keep people interested.