Do You Want to Be Somebody?
“Do you want to be somebody?”
You wouldn’t expect this to be the title of a chapter in a book on preaching. Yet it is in the book On Preaching by H.
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How a Pastor Thinks of the Church
I used to be friends with pastors who had a low view of the church. I absorbed this view, and became a worse pastor because of it. Cynicism is corrosive for a pastor
Clean or Abundant
Proverbs 14:4 gives us a stark choice:
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
I’ll be honest. I want
Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Ministry
At first glance, Luther’s 1527 piece Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague is a curiosity that has little relevance to today. On August 2, 1527, the bubonic plague arrived in
Pastors: Don’t Forget Discipleship
I’ve been a pastor for over a quarter of a century now. I can’t remember when it started, but I’ve seen myself referred to as a “veteran” pastor (translation: old)