In this episode of “Calling Questions”, Dave seeks to answer this difficult question: What should a guy do if he wants to go into ministry but his elders don’t like him? You can listen to
The great 19th century pastor, Charles Spurgeon, was committed to training young men for pastoral ministry. One of the ways he did this was by giving regular lectures to the young men attending his Pastors’
Dude, there are a lot of books. As I turn around and gaze at the plethora of titles tucked tightly into my living room shelves, it feels overwhelming to think of how many I still
Do you remember 1984 – George Orwell’s cryptic vision of a futuristic totalitarian society? The protagonist, Winston Smith, worked for the government in a department called “The Ministry of Truth”. His job, strange as it
If you’ve ever had a physical, you’ll know there are certain benchmarks for determining health. Blood pressure, heart rate, weight, white blood cell count, reflexes – it all goes under review. You get pricked, cuffed,
The best car I ever owned was a ’72 Chrysler Valiant. My wife, Kimm, called it the “Wonder V,” as in, “I wonder why you think I want to ride in that.” But it was
Recently I sat with a pastor from another city who spoke of deep wounds he carried over how certain church members responded to him when they disagreed. Only hours later, I met with a husband
In this video, Dave talks to Daniel Montgomery, lead pastor of Sojourn Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Because of Daniel’s proximity to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he often interacts with seminary students. Dave asked him to
C.S. Lewis once said, “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different…” I think Lewis meant that one way to get perspective on the present is
You’ll want to quit. There I said it. Sometimes you’ll want to quit being a pastor. Or at least wonder if you should. It took years of testing and praying and training to settle a
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