9Marks has an article written by Ron Pracht, who has served one church for 45 years, 25 years of those as pastor. In the article Pracht lists the benefits and negatives of a long-term pastorate. Here are a few of the ‘benefit’ points that resonated with my experience: Trust grows stronger every year you stay. …
Margot Kidder played Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman movie, displaying a hard-edged tenderness that was a perfect foil for Christopher Reeve’s guileless strength as he portrayed the Man of Steel. For a comic book reading teenager in the 1970s watching a puffy Marlon Brando as Jor-el or Gene Hackman’s supposedly wig-wearing Lex Luthor were …
Kyle Borg poses a question based on reflection about Philemon verse 7: “For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you” (emphasis added). What am I to my brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus? Do I refresh or weary …
Pastors who watch this video about the immovable ladder of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre may find the scenario to be somewhat familiar.
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