From an excerpt of Zack Eswine’s The Imperfect Pastor, posted at The Gospel Coalition. Do you have a bucket list for ministry, all the great ministry achievements you want to accomplish in his name before you die? You would not be alone if you did. Just read the classified ads, and myriad desires of those …
The final post in Ray Galea’s three-part series Confessions Of An Angry Pastor speaks about dealing with the damage anger causes and offers basic ideas about remedial self-care. Galea closing words: My identity is that I am first and foremost a child of God and not an angry man. The good news is that by …
Following Jesus and seeking platforms are compatible. Jesus is fame-shy. Jesus seemed drawn not to the spotlight but from it. Disciples and friends had to search. He wasn’t tweeting. His blog lay unattended. His email responses were not immediate. Where they often found him was alone and in desolate places praying (Luke 5:16). In fact, …
As promised, here’s a link to part two of Ray Galea’s personal and helpful post. Part 3 is forthcoming. Anger betrays a lack of understanding that it is God alone who brings a change of mind in a person’s life. While gentleness is a declaration that God is sovereign, anger is a denial of the …
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