Yesterday I read an article by Carl Trueman entitled ‘Life Together… Or Maybe Not’, which was posted on the Reformation 21 website. It makes some useful and telling points about pastoral care and the relationship of lead pastors with the congregations they serve, but the framework of the article is based on an anecdote about …
When matters turn to other people’s ministries, do your impressions usually focus on what is positive about their service, or does your attention more naturally fall on the negatives? J.D. Greear: I’ve got a friend (who is not “in the ministry”) who uses that phrase to refer to people who find little to applaud in …
From Theology In Verse: Strong yet wise counsel for pastors from William Still: The pastor is called to feed the sheep, even if the sheep do not want to be fed. He is certainly not to become an entertainer of goats. Let goats entertain goats, and let them do it in goatland. You will certainly …
Tim Keller provides his definitions of movements and institutions in order to show the strengths and weaknesses of both. I think he does so in a way that avoids ‘straw-man’ over simplifications and his observations constructively point out that movements eventually need some form of structure and institutions need to remain focussed on continuing to …
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