Words of encouragement for pastors, church leaders and those who minister from Paul Tripp. A pastor is not scholar in residence or a visiting consultant. I’m thankful for the community of love of which I’m a part at mgpc. We’re not perfect, and we do fail, but that reminds us not to place all our …
In the church year Epiphany marks the visit of the magi (wise men/three kings) who come and worship the infant Jesus. As points out their visit implicitly demonstrates the fallacy of thinking that all you need is more knowledge to find the comfort of God’s salvation. The scholars and people knew a king had been …
Two types of people that should be handled with care are those who are full of praise for you/your church when they’ve only just arrived, and those who all too readily tell you everything that’s wrong with the last place(s) they were at. Be doubly careful with people who do both. (This is true in …
Is your church infested by zombies? In a post on the IXMarks blog Bobby Jamieson notes the problems that arise when small groups take on a life of their own. How could ‘taking on a life of their own’ be problematic? Well, if the group members are more invested in the small group than in …
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