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.
The book of Hebrews tells us that mature Christian leadership is marked by the power of discernment. Through constant training, the wise leader has the ability to distinguish good from evil, right from wrong.[1] One
I’m a new pastor in a new church who is new to preaching. But I’m discovering that the call to preach brings blessings and treasure even for us rookies. If you haven’t read my first
Part Two Some Reflections on My First Year as a Preaching Pastor As the campus pastor of a church with video preaching, I grew accustomed to preaching only a few times a year. The lead
Our friends at the Sojourn Network put together this handy tool: a post preaching checklist adapted from my article Caring For Your Lead Pastor. We pray it’s helpful to you! (click to download)
Part One, Part Three The first post in this series examined principles from Philemon that re-shape our perspective on potential pastors in light of the gospel. Now, we return to Philemon to see how Paul
Part Two, Part Three Philemon is a fascinating, yet often overlooked, epistle of Paul. Many of the curious contextual details of this short letter have been lost to history. We know enough, however, to piece
From Dave: Tim Kerr is an old friend, but what’s most important and relevant about him for our readers is that he’s created a short book titled Take Words With You. This power-packed resource is designed
Church planting is gutsy. I’m not trying to pat myself on the back here, but church planting is not for the faint of heart. But what’s interesting is how easily the heart of a church
All failure lands hard. But there’s an exceptional type of failure – of the Ashley Madison variety – that publicly exposes one’s worst moments and secret sins. The path into the future is instantaneously rerouted
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