Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
I’ve long had a theory that the most effective pastors are ones we’ll never hear anything about. It’s hard to believe this in a day of celebrity pastors and megachurch
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Serving Under the Gospel of Grace
One of the problems with Christian ministry is that everyone is incompetent. Nobody – pastor, elder, teacher, leader – can transform a life, never mind transform a whole community of people.
I was thinking of
When Ministry Becomes Idolatry
If you haven’t looked at the whole paradigm of sin as idolatry, then you really need to do so. It’s transformative stuff. All of a sudden you begin to see the
The Longing Behind Pastoral Envy
Sin often takes something good and turns it into an idol, or it takes our desire for what is good and twists it. Yet underneath the sin is a legitimate longing. We try
Pastoral Envy
I’m preaching on envy this Sunday. Jonathan Edwards defined envy as “a spirit of dissatisfaction with, and opposition to, the prosperity and happiness of others as compared with our own.” Envy has