Pastors receive lots of criticism. It’s one reason why pastors need to learn how to deal with weekly barrage of complaints and comments, not only for their sakes, but for the sake
I’ve been thinking lately about two passages that are shaping my expectations as a church planter. The first one, surprisingly, is from Leviticus. The second one is from 2 Timothy. Both are
I’ve been attending some training by Scott Thomas, author of the excellent book Gospel Coach. Thomas does a good job talking about ministry idols. An idol is a rival god: something we
I attended SOMA One Day training this week in Toronto and experienced something I didn’t expect: the gospel applied to ministry.
This isn’t a new thing, of course. But I’ve
You sometimes hear pastors complain about how hard their work is. There’s an element of truth to this: ministry is hard work. If it isn’t, you’re probably doing it wrong.