pastoring

The Public Reading of Scripture

It may be one of the most disobeyed commands in Scripture: “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching” (1 Timothy 4:13). We do pretty

A Prayer for Overwhelmed Pastors

It’s easy to get overwhelmed in the Fall. Summer was nice, but it’s so short, and we don’t always feel ready for the busyness of September. So I’m praying

Come, Pursue God With Me

This month’s book in A Year of Books on Preaching is Encountering God through Expository Preaching. I’ll post more about it next week. One thing I really like about this book

Attempt Great Things for God?

Very few of us enter the ministry with a desire to be famous. But the heart is deceitful, and it’s easy for our hearts to become proud. I thought of this recently

Out of Step

My pastor seemed hopelessly out of date. It was sad, really. I’m sure that he measured up in his day. But things have changed. It’s time to appeal to a new