Church Life
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Is It Okay to Be Rude or Disrespectful (At Least Sometimes)?
There is an ongoing debate in Christian circles about whether it’s necessary to be “nice.” There are also, at the same time, a lot of non-Christians who wonder why Christians […]
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Test Everything!
You’ve heard the old saying about assuming, right? Since this is a Christian blog (a pastor’s blog, no less), I’ll paraphrase. The saying is that assuming makes a … donkey […]
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How to Become a Baptist Pastor
Are you a Baptist? And do you feel God may be leading you into pastoral ministry? And you wonder what it takes to become a pastor–specifically a Baptist pastor? If […]
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A Pastor’s Heart
In addition to the pastoral epistles (I and II Timothy and Titus), Peter’s exhortation to “elders” (or pastors) is a passage I studied and meditated on extensively when I answered […]
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How to Avoid (or at least Minimize) the Pulpit-Pew Disconnect (Part Two)
I felt like a failure. I certainly didn’t have a handle on this thing called life. And yet I felt like I was treading water with no shore in sight. […]
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Are You Going to Church Tomorrow?
Will you (and your family) be worshiping tomorrow (Sunday) with your church family? Do you have a church family? If not, why not? One of my all-time favorite authors and […]
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8 Things I Wish for as a Pastor From Those I Serve
There are times when being a pastor can be lonely, frustrating, and hurtful. And I am grateful for the people God has used over the years to love me, pray […]
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Christians And Covid: How the Church Should Respond to a Pandemic
As I write this, we are in the midst of the Omicron surge, which of course comes as we’re still reeling from the Delta variant – which itself came in […]
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It’s Not Your Church
How many times do we refer to the church we attend as “our church”? Quite often. And yet the church you attend is not your church. Not really. I’m not […]
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Whatever Happened to Humility in the Church?
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” So says James in his epistle. (See James 4:10). According to Jesus’ brother, humility should be […]
