A wise friend of mine told me that a strong bridge of relationship is required to bear the conveyance of weighty truths. From David Powlison at CCEF: your first question is not, “Do I have all the right passages to quote?” but rather, “Do I have this man’s ear? Are we in a conversation where …
Along the gradual disappearance of Bible reading from gathered worship, the loss of public pastoral prayer is another mystery situation which I notice when visiting other churches. (Of course there’s lots of music) On Christward Collective Nick Batzig has posted Samuel Miller’s Frequent Faults In Public Prayer. Given that there are eighteen of these they …
Paul Harrington, Rick Lewers and Peter Adam discuss the pros and cons of long-term ministry in one context. Long term ministry is about culture. It also helps people take ongoing change seriously. Peter Adam’s comments toward the end on preparing to preach texts that he’d previously preached are helpful too.
Crossway Blog has a post containing Ten Ways Not To Help A Hurting Friend drawn from a book by Dave Furman. Reading these sort of suggestions regularly is very helpful because of our compassion based tendency to want to do something when people we know are suffering, though those impulse actions can be insensitive and …
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