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The JV Pastor

Junior varsity sports are typically painful to watch.  JV teams are often comprised of teenagers who haven’t yet mastered their particular sport.  That’s why they’re the early game, the one where only...

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So You’re Considering Bible College?

You’ve just graduated high school (or community college), and you’re thinking about going to Bible college to study the Bible.  Good idea.  I graduated from Boyce College with a B.A. in Biblical and...

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Why We Need Rural Ministers

Cities are important.  They are where culture is truly shaped.  They are where the majority of people live.  That’s why mission boards and church planting gurus are putting so much emphasis on reaching...

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A Novel Idea for the Church

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-12) What’s the...

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Together for the Gospel 2012

If you happened to be traveling through Louisville, KY this week, you would find thousands of pastors walking down the streets with stack of books in their arms and the look of a giddy schoolgirl on...

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Down in the Ministry Dumps

There are some days that I feel worthless as a minister. It’s on those days that all of my shortcomings seem to be glaring brighter than the sun. Those boring sermons I’ve delivered. The students who...

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A Culture of Grace

Here’s a beautiful description from Jared Wilson’s book The Pastor’s Justification on what a church with a culture of grace looks like: I remind myself and my church often that a message of grace may...

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Faithfulness for Future Ministers

What is it that defines success in pastoral ministry? While some would point to membership growth or baptism numbers, many would rightly point to one trait as the sole indicator of success: biblical...

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The Danger of Faking Pastoral Ministry

A sobering quote from Eugene Peterson’s Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity: I don’t know of any other profession in which it is quite easy to fake it as in ours. By adopting a...

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Book Review of “Can These Bones Live?”

Church planting has enjoyed a renewed interest in recent years. Droves of practitioners have joined together to form massive church-planting networks, published stacks of books on the subject and have...

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