Pastors

Jesus made satisfaction for our debt, our enmity with God, and our guilt. However, there is another significant word that is often used in descriptions of the atonement: substitution.

I love seeing people changed by the love God. But regardless of how much God decides to use me, I alone cannot change people. This is God’s job, not mine.

Thom Rainer talked about seven pastoring mistakes he had made in his ministry. Give him credit, he admitted that if he wrote about all the mistakes he’d made in the Lord’s work, “it would have to be a multi-volume series!”

These are two enemy attacks church leaders should be aware of. One is more corporate, and the other is more individual.

The reasons why some churches are disengaged with the environment conversation are numerous, and not difficult to guess. For starters, in the United States, environmental dialogue is often characterized as political or controversial.

Money is powerful. It’s a determining factor in where we live, what we eat, what we wear, and often what we do with our days. So we would be wise to consider how we can manage our money well.

While there are lots of articles out there on “fallen pastors,” I’ve been surprised to discover few deal with these questions in an in-depth way.

I began to practice four essential behaviors that helped me get a good start and experience some early leadership success. I believe leaders would do well to practice these four behaviors for success.