Pastors Getting Personal While Preaching…
Going through a book right now with my oldest two daughters: “How To Ruin Your Life By Age Thirty” by Steve Farrar. Very solid & Biblical. At one point, it talks of the importance… Continue reading
Category Archive: Being A Pastor
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An Important Way To Pray For Preachers
Powerful portion of a sermon from Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Ephesians 6:18-20, specifically on Paul asking the Christians at Ephesus to pray that Paul would declare the Gospel boldly (sermon #4252, starting at 31:52—click… Continue reading
What I Hope For When I Preach 2…
For part 1, please click HERE. Love this quote: Preaching is not “merely a cerebral handling of the Word of God, this is not a dry intellectualism, this is not merely an academic… Continue reading
What I Hope For When I Preach…
Here is what I pray the Holy Spirit does through my teaching each Sunday—this was said about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a preacher in Wales & England from the 1920s—60s in a fantastic documentary (please… Continue reading
Portrait Of A Biblical, Healthy Pastor…
As we continue talking about the mission & vision of Elevate Church Mankato (vision is where God wants to take us and mission is how He will take us there), it is also… Continue reading
Thoughts On Preparing Sermons…
. 1. Sermon prep begins with your daily lifestyle. How are you loving/serving your wife and children, your co-workers and neighbors, acquaintances and strangers? Do you put MORE time/effort/prayer into serving your family as… Continue reading
What Does A Pastor DO All Week?
. This is easily one of the most difficult questions for me to answer…even more than “Did Adam & Eve have belly buttons?” or “How could Noah forget the UNICORNS!?” 🙂 . Nevertheless,… Continue reading
My Commitment To Pastoring Elevate Church…
Dearest Brothers And Sisters of Elevate Church~ In light of your warm embrace of me and my family as well as the Holy Spirit’s clear and faithful guidance of the Board and Search… Continue reading
100 Months: The Peaks And Valleys Of Being A Pastor…
For nearly the last ten years, the LORD Almighty has blessed me to be a pastor– an announcer, apologizer, counselor, empathizer, encourager, forgiver, giver, learn-er, listen-er, mediator, pray-er, preach-er, protector, pursuer, receiver, remind-er,… Continue reading
I Want To Be A Pastor Who…
(#s 1-6 below quoted from Eugene Peterson’s memoir “The Pastor.”) “I Want To Be A Pastor Who… . 1. Prays. I want to be reflective and responsive and relaxed in the presence of… Continue reading