Through my experience as a pastor, no struggle in the church today plagues men like the struggle with pornography. It seems to be this evil that rears its ugly head time and time again and to people you would least expect. Because this struggle continues to increase among women also, my 2 suggestions to find victory [...]
Archive for October, 2010
How do men and women find true lasting victory over pornography?
Posted in Battling Sin, Discipleship on October 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
How much vacation time should a pastor take?
Posted in Home and Family, Training for Ministry on October 25, 2010 | 13 Comments »
You may begin reading this post with the idea that I will suggest how many weeks of vacation you should be given by your church, or how much you should advocate to give your pastor. Instead, I intend to answer this question a bit differently. My concern is not about how much vacation time a pastor is [...]
What is a membership prayer guide?
Posted in Oversight of Souls on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My post on Monday stirred up a question by several of you that I get asked often. What is the prayer guide your church uses that cultivates a faithful effort among the members to pray for each other? Here is an explanation I gave some time back that might be helpful to those interested in how [...]
How do you teach a newly married man to disciple his wife?
Posted in Discipleship, Home and Family on October 18, 2010 | 17 Comments »
I had a very encouraging meeting with a newly married man recently who was seeking counsel on how to faithfully disciple his new wife. We must as pastors get our newly married men in the church to see the spiritual care of their wives as their primary responsibility to establish patterns in their family that will last. [...]
How can you disciple women and train husbands to serve their wives at the same time?
Posted in Discipleship, Home and Family on October 13, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Answer: Have women’s events for the church where the men are responsible for watching the children. One way our church cultivates this is by having a women’s small group at our house where the families come together, the ladies meet upstairs, while the men take the children downstairs to “embrace the chaos” as we refer to [...]
What was discussed at the pastor’s Q and A?
Posted in Hospital Visitation, Training for Ministry on October 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Thank you for those who inquired and prayed for me as I recently did a Q and A with a group of local associational pastors in Kentucky. I was asked a number of questions, but the main focus of our time was regarding the issues surrounding training and affirming men for ministry and the responsiblity [...]
What should we desire every time we stand to preach?
Posted in Preaching, Training for Ministry on October 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
If I followed some of the unsolicited suggestions I received the first few years of preaching in my church, I would be preaching less than 20 minutes, trying to emulate Billy Graham, and standing to preach without notes or preparation time trusting “the Spirit” will tell me what to preach. Anyone who has preached regularly to the [...]
What should a pastor do his first year at a new church?
Posted in Oversight of Souls, Preaching, Training for Ministry on October 4, 2010 | 16 Comments »
As a result of some recent conversations, I have been burdened by the amount of pastors whose “honeymoons” are short-lived their first few months as the new pastor of a church. This can be the result of that pastor entering a very unhealthy, dysfunctional situation where there was no way to avoid the difficulties right away. However, [...]
