Pharisaical Heart of an Abusive Leader
The sad reality is that these sorts of conversations I have as a pastor and as a biblical counselor are quite common.
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The sad reality is that these sorts of conversations I have as a pastor and as a biblical counselor are quite common.
There is a sense of “fear of man” rather than “fear of God” There is a shrinking fear from those of wealth or position. There is a fear that someone will perhaps offend and drive punishment people away.
One of the greatest sins in the church may be a lack of forgiveness, which stems from pride, and it stems from not preaching the gospel to ourselves.
A strong courageous leader must learn to overcome past mistakes and failures in Christ.
The last year or so has perhaps been the most disruptive and draining time for any church leader. This perhaps is not only for pastors or church leaders but was the most difficult year to survive navigating through making very difficult decisions.
Today, if you face any sort of difficulty with people, the world will say to take the highway. I believe Christians are called to take the higher way.
Forgiving others is a mark of genuine disciples of Christ.
Theological disagreement can cause church splits, tear up churches and ultimately jeopardize Christian Unity.
What Scripture or promise of God gets you through difficult situations?
Why does music matter in our churches? Because unity is so crucial in our churches.
If you are in church ministry, you are going to face inevitable criticism. The questions is, how do we deal with all sort of different types of criticism?
What’s the strangest criticism you’ve received?
Here are the 10 weirdest criticism I have received in the past 10 years of ministry.
Although her skillful confutations silenced her opponents, her claim that the Holy Spirit communicated directly to her (apart from Scripture) was not tolerated.
The joy of ministry outweighs the hardship of ministry.
There seems to be a sense of fear in the Christian community when speaking of what a simple definition of a biblical marriage based on scripture.
Ministry is not easy, and I don’t think it will ever be easy.
Conflict at cost is visible everywhere. In light of this, Christians are to be the salt and the light of Jesus by promoting the gospel of peace by not only believing the gospel but living the gospel.
“Just because a church is large doesn’t mean it’s healthy. It could be swollen.” – Charles. H. Spurgeon
Gossip is one sin that seems to fall in the spiritual “No-Man’s Land” like the awkward uncle around that Thanksgiving table that nobody wants to talk to or deal with; a passivity that many tolerate that widespread and eats us up like a cancer. It seems impossible to deal with it so instead we just kind of shove it under the carpet and pretend the big elephant is not in the room.
According to a study done by Focus on the Family, fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month due to spiritual burnout or contention in their churches.