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The Difference Between Gifts and Fruit

23 Nov 2016
Not every one who is gifted is godly. It is possible that someone can possess exceptional gifts in teaching, evangelism, service, or some other form of ministry and yet not…
Leadership

Ministry as Servanthood, Not Authority

21 Jan 2016
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall…
Church…

Every Church Needs A Research & Development Department

17 Dec 2015
The church with a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination will be more equipped for both internal discipleship and external mission. Such a church will possess a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination that…
Leadership

Good Pastors Aren’t Threatened By Their Congregations

28 Jan 2015
Pastors can be really insecure. I speak from experience, both as one who has felt that insecurity and as one who has seen it play out in the lives of…
Church…

On Being A Teaching Church

25 Nov 2014
Without mentors I would have become a horrific pastor, I know it. When I first made the decision to go into pastoral ministry I was already out in left-field. I…
Leadership

Pastors, Your Church Needs Your Weaknesses

13 May 201413 May 2014
“I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling” (1 Cor. 2:3). That’s what Paul says, he came to the Corinthians as an apostle, as a church planter, as a…
Leadership

Classism and Contemporary Pastoral Training

3 Apr 20143 Apr 2014
I am the product of a particular kind of culture, a culture of academics and education. I went to college and was trained by a well-educated pastor. I went to…
Church…

How Do You Keep Going?: The Emotional Struggle of Pastoral Ministry

14 Mar 201215 Mar 2012
I had always heard that the first few years of pastoral ministry were a honeymoon stage, but I think I skipped mine. I've not been in pastoral ministry long, four…
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Gender and Rhetoric

8 Dec 2011
I am not exactly a Feminist. I firmly believe that women have been undervalued and silenced in the church. I am not sure that it has always been intentional throughout…
Books…

A Goal Bigger Than “Church”: A Review of “The Tangible Kingdom” by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay

5 Dec 20116 Dec 2011
I don't think there is anyone who I agree with 100%. I am not sure I even agree with myself 100% of the time. I certainly don't agree with everything…

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