Posted in 9 Marks, Christianity, Church, Pastor, Reformed, Theology, tagged 9 Marks, Burnout, Christianity, Church, Pastor, Reformed, Theology on August 19, 2018| 17 Comments »
Pastoral burnout is a real problem. 9 Marks Ministry for their latest journal focuses on this problem. I think Pastors and church leaders will benefit from it. Also regular Church members would benefit from it in terms of their own prayers for the church, pastors and ministering to their own pastor. Church life is a two way street. You can find it here.
I’m glad they make this journal available for free.
Here’s the breakdown of individual articles.
Posted in Christianity, Ligon Duncan, Pastor, Preacher, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Ligon Duncan, Pastor, Preacher, Reformed, Theology on March 11, 2018| 9 Comments »
It’s the Lord’s Day…and Day Light Saving!
So to save time since it’s a duty day as a pastor and preacher I thought I share this video from Ligon Duncan. It’s on his remembrance of his early days in ministry. It’s worth listening to for those who are younger pastors new to the ministry.
Enjoy this video. And may those who are in the ministry continue you growing in grace and remaining humble and loving of our churches!
Posted in Book Review, capitol hill baptist church, Christianity, Church, mark dever, ministry, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Reformed, Theology, tagged book review, capitol hill baptist church, Christianity, Church, mark dever, ministry, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Reformed, Theology on February 19, 2018| 6 Comments »
First off before I share my review I want to welcome all those who have recently found our blog on Monergism.com. We are a blog that is intent on covering apologetics, Christian worldview and theology with posts on book reviews, resources and our own written content. Feel free to subscribe and bookmark our page for daily posts!
Mark Dever and Paul Alexander. The Deliberate Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, September 9th 2005. 221 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Westminster | Amazon
Both authors Mark Dever and Paul Alexander have written a helpful book for pastors and church leaders on doing church ministry according to the Bible and centered on the Gospel. As the book states on page 28, “The Gospel alone shapes and evaluate must both shape and evaluate any ministry method we use.” This is a great antidote to the seeker sensitive church method or other marketing gimmick that is driven more by man-centered pragmatisms instead of the Word of God. I love how this book is both biblical and practical since I believe there is a real need of resources on practical ecclesiology (doctrine of the church). Too often one find two kinds of extreme: practical works without it being biblical or biblical works on the church without a deeper practical picture of what does it look like. Dever and Alexander writes from being biblically informed and years of wisdom and experience which through their 9 Marks ministry have greatly helped many other local churches including the one I minister at.
Posted in Christianity, Pastor, pastor family, tagged Christianity, Pastor, pastor family on November 7, 2017| 9 Comments »
Had a long weekend with ministry. Took Monday off to be with family, both my immediate and also one of my sibling and her immedate family. I know I blogged a while back for the Case for Pastors Being Off on Tuesdays but this Monday I was glad I got Monday off instead of Tuesday.
Posted in Christianity, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, ministry, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Reformed, Theology on September 24, 2017| 14 Comments »
I’ve compiled all the posts for our series “Sunday Morning Motivations for Preachers and Teachers” here. It was a devotional series I worked on after considering how many Pastors end up burning out. It’s originally meant for pastors but teachers in churches were later also written in view of you as well!
In this post I want to discuss about how to get the most from the series.
Posted in Christianity, Church, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Theology, tagged Christianity, Church, Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Theology on August 21, 2017| 10 Comments »
This is worth bookmarking if you are a pastor or teacher in the Church.
Here’s a post on “How to Get the Most from our Sunday Morning Motivations for Preachers and Teachers Series.”
Here’s the series:
Posted in Christianity, Church, ministry, Pastor, Reformed, Sunday, Sunday School Teacher, Theology, tagged Christianity, Church, ministry, Pastor, Reformed, Sunday, Sunday School Teacher, Theology on August 6, 2017| 8 Comments »
It is Sunday! I know teaching, preaching and ministering is not always easy. Sometimes in faithful Gospel ministry there arises the following situation:
We ought not to be surprised. This is what Jesus said will happen in Luke 6:22 and will happen “for the sake of the Son of Man.”
Yet in the next verse Jesus said “Be glad in that day and leap for joy” (Luke 6:23a).
What? Why? We don’t typically associate all those things happening as a reason to rejoice. The reason Jesus gives is also a powerful motivation to continue ministry even when people persecute us in the second half of Luke 6:23:
