Part of Ordinary Ministerial Experience
C.H. Spurgeon knew what it was like to suffer from depression. I love his chapter “The Minister’s Fainting Fits” from his book Lectures to My Students. This paragraph is rich:
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Low-Grade Sense of Ministerial Failure
Mondays are a tough day for pastors. Last week Leith Anderson spoke at our denominational convention and quipped that he never took Mondays off, because he believed he should be payed for the
“I tremble for the church of which I am the pastor”
Great perspective from Spurgeon for churches of all sizes:
I tremble for the church of which I am the pastor. I never trembled for it when we were few, when we were earnest
God Likes to Work in Hidden Ways
Here’s a secret that pastors don’t want known: We’re deeply insecure. I know. It’s not much of a secret, is it? But we like to think nobody knows.
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The Pastor and the Holy Spirit
Spurgeon on “The Holy Spirit in Connection With Our Ministry”:
“I believe in the Holy Ghost.” Having pronounced that sentence as a matter of creed, I hope we can also repeat it as