How a New Minister Can Gain the Trust of the Congregation
Your assignment, new pastor, is to love God’s people and earn their trust. Nothing else is more important. Eventually, when they know you love them...
On the King’s Highway, Going “first Class”
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28).
As...
When the Minister Is Tired, Watch Out!
(Written a few years back. I decided to leave it intact and post it as is.)
“Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat down...
If You’ve Been In the Lord’s Work Very Long, Your Scars Prove It
“From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus” (Galatians 6:17).
“…I bear branded...
“i Need to Apologize to Our Former Pastor,” He Told Me.
Bob is the pastor of a small church in another state. He told me this story.
As a layman he was put on the search...
Demanding That the Pastor Preach Your Message
The angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them forth, and said, ‘Go, stand and speak in the temple to the...
When Church Members Insist on Their Rights
“Why not rather be wronged?” (I Corinthians 6:7)
Ask any pastor.
We hear it all the time. Variations on this theme are endless…
–“All these years we...
Why I Could Never “love Lucy” and What That Says About Me As a...
“I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I spoke...
In the Church You Will Have Tribulation, but Be of Good Cheer…
“In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
We were expecting hostility from the world. But...
My Morning Prayer
In the morning, O Lord, I will direct my song and my prayer unto You and will look up. (Psalm 5:3)
I love You, my Lord.
I love You...
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