10 Lessons I’ve Learned as a New Pastor
A strong courageous leader must learn to overcome past mistakes and failures in Christ.
Pastoring
Episode 27: The Need for Church Planting and Revitalization
Both church planting and revitalization are very difficult.
Why I Am Still a Southern Baptist
What is Southern Baptist anyway? Why are you Southern Baptist? Here are 6 reasons why I am still a Southern Baptist.
6 Ways God’s Grace Transforms One’s Life
How can we withstand the attacks of the enemy for such a time as this? How can we go forward with this as we are being sanctified in the image of Christ?
Can We Love Without Being Vulnerable?
Just recently, I was told by one of our core leaders in the church that I couldn’t be vulnerable and share about my past as it would get people worried that their leader didn’t “have his life together”.
7 Ways to Pray for Church Leaders
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.
Episode 24: Disciplines of an Effective Leader
Leaders can be effective by giving room and not pidgin-holding in a box and limiting others.
Episode 23: Destructive Nature of Private Sin
Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it this way in his book Life Together, “Those who remain alone with their evil are left utterly alone.”
Four Leadership Principles to Avoid Burnout
Pastors today have a lot on their plates and the stresses of leadership, burnout, and moral failures are all too real.
The 3 C’s for Leaders: Control, Competence, Clarity
Over the past decade or so, I have been in the second chair and now in the first chair and can see from both perspectives. Without the proper three C’s, teams can be frustrated, apathetic, or even chaotic at times.
5 C’s on Essential Characteristics for Leaders
Hiring can be such a challenging task for churches. Why? For hiring the wrong person that does not fit the culture of the church can often cause so much heartache and havoc.
Episode 19: Things I Wished I’d Known Before Ministry
What were bits of information that would have been helpful to known before entering into ministry? Here are five things that bible college/seminary did not teach us but has been helpful knowing serving in the local church.
5 Ways to Deal with People Who Cause You Grief
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.
Three Dangerous Leaders
Lately, I have had an opportunity to pull back from all the busy activities of ministry and to simply stop, reflect, and think. Here are three lessons I’ve learned about leadership over the past 10 years.
Episode 18: How to Disagree on Theological Differences
Theological disagreement can cause church splits, tear up churches and ultimately jeopardize Christian Unity.
Can a Person Mess Up So Bad to be Disqualified from Ministry?
Could someone who struggles with past sin be disqualified from preaching? At what point does a man who struggles with pornography be disqualified from ministry altogether? Can a man who is divorced or remarried be a leader in a church? Can he ever be restored again?
Episode 10: Is Anxiety Sin? How Should Christians Respond?
The longer I’m in ministry, it seems like anxiety seems to be more prevalent in ministry. How could we deal with our anxiety? Where does anxiety come from?
Episode 9: A Healthy Church is a Singing Church
Here are the five important biblical solution to creating a healthy church that becomes more a singing church.
The Protestant Pioneer’s Unsung Hero: Francis Asbury
He crossed the Allegheny Mountains more than sixty times; he saw more of the American countryside than any other person of his generation; and he may have been the best–known man in North America.
Episode 5: How Do You Know if You are Called to Ministry?
What is a calling? General calling? Specific calling? What location or timing can we see in a calling?
10 Weirdest Criticism Received in Ministry
What’s the strangest criticism you’ve received?
Here are the 10 weirdest criticism I have received in the past 10 years of ministry.
3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Pastor
The joy of ministry outweighs the hardship of ministry.
15 Words of Comfort for Those Walking Through Pain/Suffering
Pain and suffering are inevitable in this broken sin-tainted world. The question is, “What could I or should I say in those situations?”
How the Church Should Respond to Parents with Rebellious Teens
The threats upon the family are implausible. The question we as Christians must ask is this: “What should be the response of the church?”