What does Deep & Wide (Andy Stanley, Zondervan 2012) promise? Deep & Wide’s subtitle is Creating Churches Unchurched People Love To Attend, which pretty much sums it up. Stanley has planted a church in Atlanta which now has 33,000 people attending a number of campuses, so something’s going on. In five sections he provides some …
More prayer points for those of you praying for pastors (and thanks to you who do from this one). These points are from Ligon Duncan and are posted at T4G. 1. That [your pastor] would know and love the living God, would have a saving interest in Christ, being purchased by His blood, and thus …
Sometimes pastoral care can result in people thinking pastors are the solution to their problems instead of Jesus. Church leaders are called to equip people to see Christ as the solution. We cast vision. We lead. We teach. We do a lot. If we’re not careful, then people might actually think we’re the ones who …
David Bailey draws on two years of pastoring and offers 11 tentative reflections. Here are two: Intellect does not equal godliness. Nor lack of it. In fact, intellect is no barometer of godliness at all. Some of the smartest people I’ve met are some of the most foolish. And same with some of the less-intellectually-able …
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