Balancing the responsibilities of family and ministry can be very difficult to say the least. Pastor and professor, Hershael York, recently wrote a great article about this very subject entitled “Pastoral Margins: finding balance in ministry and life.” Dr. York writes, “Though the complexity of life guarantees that ministers will always feel some tension between …
Just in time for graduation, we have a guest post from Dr.Travis Agnew about his brand new (and debut) book, Freshman Fifteen. Below, you will see that Travis has summarized his book and given a list of it’s chapters. You can also register to win your own copy of Travis’s book below. The Freshman fifteen …
Recently I read the blog post of a very prominent pastor in the Southeast and was appalled by some language used in his writing. I hope that the had some elders or other friends in Christ who loved him and the Word of God enough to speak into his life about that post and rebuke …
“Why is praying to be done, and to be done first? In my case the answer is clear: before I am a preacher, I am a sinner; and I don’t know anywhere else to et forgiveness, except from God. In addition before being a preacher, I am to be a worshipper. Before being a lover …
“Who, who, are the worst sinners of all? They are the men, women, young people and children who regularly hear the Bible preached, but who remain unrepentant. Week after week, week after week, Christ is proclaimed to them from the Scriptures. But they choose not to change. They are, quite simply, unmoved. They remain as …
“Collision with error is a Christian duty and this must be reflected in which preachers apply God’s Word. Unfortunately this sort of application is largely absent from the Christian pulpit today.” -Stuart Olyott, Ministering Like The Master (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2003), 24.
“Ministering like the Master is not just a question, then, of teaching the truth. The truth must be taught in open contrast to error. It is not enough to point to the right road; we must also tell our hearers what the wrong road looks like and where it leads. Such an approach is always …