I’m really good at pointing out flaws and suggesting solutions. But often pastoral ministry doesn’t require plans but proximity.
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What Advent Teaches Us About Embodied Love
We all know love is not only communicated in words, but what does Advent teach us about the true love of Christ for his people?
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How to Tell If You Are Blessed
Blessedness is something we all long for, but what does the Bible mean when it uses the word?
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Stir One Another Up!
A wise rabbit once said, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.”
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Pastor, Your Time is Purchased
Though vocational pastoral ministry is a job like any other in many ways, it’s also distinctly different. I reflected on this difference recently over at 9Marks.
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Putting Flesh on the Bones of ‘Hope’
website, I wrote about how the Bible actually uses the word hope, and how the true hope we have in Jesus Christ should compel us to live changed lives.
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Book Review: 7 Challenges Pastors Face, by David Horner
As a pastor who is still fairly new to vocational ministry, I was not only honored to be asked to review this book by 9Marks, but I was excited to. Any opportunity to glean wisdom from men that have gone before me in this calling is an opportunity I want to take advantage of.
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Why We Need Deep Discipleship: Book Review–‘Deep Discipleship’ by J.T. English
Standing in awe of the potent strength of our God, we’re confronted with our own impotent frailty as his creatures. As Paul says, though, it’s our very weakness that most fully displays God’s power (2 Cor. 12:8–10). We’re small, Billings reminds us, and we must learn how to live that way. We, God’s people, have been drawn out of Sheol because our Savior, Jesus Christ, descended into it for us.
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The Brigtness of Life in the Shadow of Death: Book Review–‘The End of the Christian Life’ by J. Todd Billings
Standing in awe of the potent strength of our God, we’re confronted with our own impotent frailty as his creatures. As Paul says, though, it’s our very weakness that most fully displays God’s power (2 Cor. 12:8–10). We’re small, Billings reminds us, and we must learn how to live that way. We, God’s people, have been drawn out of Sheol because our Savior, Jesus Christ, descended into it for us.
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L(amen)ting with Hope
This season in history is a difficult one for all of us, and more so for some than others. In this article, I address the necessity of biblical lament. I write about how God even wants to hear our cries of pain, how he’s teaching us to even love the difficult things he brings into…
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The Drawing Board 