From Conference Stages to Moral Failures: A Warning About the Celebrity Pastor Culture
I am more convinced than ever that we need to unravel, re-evaluate the celebrity-pastor preaching circuit
Christian, What Kind of Pastor Do You Truly Want?
True humility is properly ordered. John The Baptist’s humility is seen in the fact that he knew his place, he knew his calling, and he knew that Christ is the reason, end, and goal of everything he had set out to do. Because his priorities were in order that meant that he must decrease, and Christ must increase.
Elders, Love Your Family More Than You Love Your Church
The families of pastors/elders often report feeling forgotten and neglected as their husband and/or father spends a notable amount of his time, energy, and emotions shepherding a church of God’s people. I suspect in most cases the lack of attention towards home isn’t intentional. Responding to a supernatural calling, these men are led to care for the flock God has placed under them. Yet, in their efforts to fulfill their calling, they forsake a primary obligation - even disqualifying themselves.
Pastor, Give the People What They Need, Not What They Want
It is of no small consequence that Paul’s dying exhortation to young Timothy was to, “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction”