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November 2018

November 26, 2018

Why Proverbs?

The Book of Proverbs has had its ups and downs in church history, and one...

November 19, 2018

Why We Need Sages (The Wise)

In the last few years the significance and importance of sages in Israel and earliest...

February 2017

February 01, 2017

Where Have All the Skinny Jeans Pastors Gone?

From CT: American pastors aren’t as young as they used to be. As clergy live...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

The Renegade Pastor

One of the big surprises of our recent tour of Turkey and Greece, and we...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Kingdom Challenges to Leadership

I once heard of a well known Christian leader/theologian who claimed this: "leadership is the...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Yes, Your Pastor Needs a Sabbatical

By Josh Ross Image The Gift of Sabbaticals Josh Ross is the Lead Minister at...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Pastor-Theologian: A Different Angle (by David Fitch)

A few weeks back my colleague David Fitch had an important post on the pastor-theologian...

October 2015

October 05, 2015

Pastors Need Collaboration (by Lauren Visser)

August was an exciting month for me. For the first time, I preached five Sundays...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Follow/Don’t Follow the Leader (by Michelle Van Loon)

By Michelle Van Loon: In the last week alone, a fairly well-known Bible teacher in the...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

Defining Servant Leadership: The Major Elements

People enter into leadership for a variety of reasons, including passion and skills and gifts...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Are You an Emotionally Healthy Leader?

In Peter Scazzero's new book, aptly titled The Emotionally Healthy Leader, is a set of questions...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Smell Like the Sheep, so says Pope Francis (to profs and pastors)

Source: Pope Francis has called on Catholic theologians not to simply practice an academic exercise...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

The Primacy of Pastor-ing (by T)

This post by T. The Primacy of Pastor-ing Just a few posts ago, John Frye...

February 13, 2015

“Pastor”: Drop the Caricature (by John Frye)

Because of the drift away from Jesus the Pastor (Shepherd), the pastoral landscape is awash...

February 06, 2015

The Primacy of Pastor

John lets loose here a bit, and I support him. Too many who don't know...

February 02, 2015

Oh No We Don’t!

This fella, Carey Nieuwhof, says we need more entrepreneurs and fewer shepherds. Oh not we...

February 02, 2015

Oh No They’re Not!

This fella says politicians and pastors have the same "skill set" -- oh not they're...

January 2015

January 14, 2015

The Pastor’s Calling

While it has been said often that Martin Luther urged Christians to sanctify all of...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

The House of Prayer

Psalms: The House of Prayer- Part 1 (by John Frye) I have been pondering Eugene...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

A Modest Plea for Coaches to Stay Pastors (by Geoff Holsclaw)

Geoff Holsclaw is my colleague at Northern Seminary, a fine young pastor and professor, and...

October 10, 2014

Pastors and Suicide (by John Frye)

SMcK: I had lunch recently with a pastor who confessed to me that a few...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

What is a Morally “Good” Person?

Here is the essence of virtue ethics: character produces behavior. Even more: a good character...

September 10, 2014

Leadership and Character: Prescient Words from Willard/Black?

Leadership and character, surely in part because of someone like Bill Clinton (according to D....

September 05, 2014

Leadership Re-Imagined

How does one discover a "biblical" understanding of leadership? It is rather obvious to many...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Confessions of a Local Pastor (by Josh Ross)

Confessions from a Local Pastor There's something addictive about a stage and a microphone and...

July 16, 2014

Church Growth and its Mystery

John Johnston: Back in 1988, Kent Hughes, then an emerging pastor, was part of planting...

July 08, 2014

Failing as a Pastor

Some of you may remember when J.R. Briggs decided, a bit on a lark, to...

July 04, 2014

The Beatitudinal Leader

In the history of the church, moral teachings often flow from the seven deadly sins...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Leadership Redefined to Followership

When Joe Stowell sent me his manuscript on leadership to read for an endorsement, I...

June 18, 2014

The Problem for Leaders

There are two kinds of leaders -- outcome-driven leaders and character-driven leaders. So, Joseph Stowell...