When it comes to evaluating the call to pastoral ministry, the first question a man must ask is: Am I godly? The moral requirements for a pastor are spelled out clearly in 1 Timothy 1:3-7, which
For pastors and individuals in ministry, or who aspire to ministry, there can be a variety of temptations and stumbling blocks that they may find themselves facing throughout their journey. On this episode, Dave and
This article was originally published on the Sojourn Network. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” – Proverbs 18:21 Words are important. God made the world through His Word (Genesis. 1:3; John.
Part One In the previous post, we discovered that churches come with splash zones. When leaders take a moral dive, the painful effects spray some and soak others. We examined three common and understandable reactions
Part Two During my years of working with pastors and churches, I’ve occasionally been called upon to assist a church in crisis. Some situations I’ve handled adequately; others, probably not so much. But success and
I have been thinking about burnout a lot lately. One reason is that I’m coming up on the mile-marker of five years of ministry in Chattanooga. Year five seems to be that invisible mountain that
In our “Final Moments in Ministry” series, we are celebrating preachers and pastors before us who faithfully endured to the end. This week’s post is about the martyrdom of Polycarp, an early church father who pastored
In this episode of the “Am I Called?” podcast, Dave talks to speaker and author Paul David Tripp. They discuss: Paul’s health How God is meeting Paul in this time of physical difficulty What’s making
In this episode of the “Am I Called?” podcast, Dave talks to Dr. Zack Eswine, author, pastor of Riverside Church in Webster Groves, Missouri, and Director of Homiletics and Professor of Applied Theology at Covenant Seminary. Zack is also the
This is a guest post from Zack Eswine, Pastor of Riverside Church and Director of Homiletics at Covenant Seminary. This is the conclusion of Zack’s two-part series on Am I Called. In Part One, Zack discuss
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