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June 2014

June 04, 2014

Do Pastors Need Mentors? By Jim Martin

This post, by my friend Jim Martin, Vice President at Harding School of Theology, puts...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Jesus, the Radical Reader

From John Frye, Jesus the Radical Exegete Good, proper biblical exegesis is a key task...

April 17, 2014

Powerful Leaders and their Enablers

Alan Molineaux: The recent Mark Driscoll episode in which he has been accused of pastoral...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

Missional vs. Attractional: What Kind of Pastor? (John Mark Comer)

Source For those who have grown up around an attractional church, it's a totally different...

March 14, 2014

Authority in the Local Church

Ah, now that word authority is likely to get some to have a few things to...

March 09, 2014

The Beards of Ministry

March 06, 2014

Competition among Churches

There are at least two signs of competition among churches, or should I say among...

March 04, 2014

February 2014

February 06, 2014

The Need for a Sabbatical for Your Pastor(s)

Thom Rainer: I have the opportunity to work with lay leaders and pastors. I have...

February 05, 2014

When Leaders Demand Honor

As we described in a previous post (Putting People in their Place), the Roman world...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Putting People in their Places

Humans look at others and assign the others a social location. Not all humans do...

January 27, 2014

Two Challenges for Pastors

By my friend Allan Bevere When I was in seminary, I remember my teacher Stanley...

January 26, 2014

7 Years of Pastoring: Reflections by Mark Stevens

Living Faithfully as the People of God, by our friend in Adelaide Australia, Mark Stevens....

January 22, 2014

One of the Church’s Biggest Challenges Today

From Jonathan Storment: One of the reasons Scot asked me to write this column was...

January 08, 2014

Introducing Jonathan Storment

As many of you Jesus Creed blog readers know, this blog focuses on Jesus, Bible,...

January 06, 2014

How Young is Too Young for Leaders?

It's harder to be a leader when young than old, and the old folks don't...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

The Church’s Biggest Problem?

People. We all know it. So the biggest challenge for church people and ministry is...

December 20, 2013

4 Problems for the Pastor. 2. Staleness

Here is how he frames the problem: "in the midst of all the pressures that...

December 17, 2013

4 Problems for the Pastor. 1: Discouragement

The top two Christian leaders of the 20th Century I would most want to sit...

December 14, 2013

Carlos Gets It

From Carlos Whittaker: I was reading Luke 7:36-50 this morning. In summary, one of the...

November 2013

November 02, 2013

What Priests/Pastors “Earn”

Source: How do you think a pastor's salary should be determined? The Vatican on Wednesday...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Issues Worth Addressing in Youth Groups

From Aaron Crumbey: 1. Bullying: (Source: stageoflife.com) – Bullying is still prevalent as it has always been,...

October 30, 2013

Thom Rainer’s 5 Stages of Pastoral Ministry

Thom Rainer: Though I have attempted to name the stages in the past, I offer...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Pastors, the Spirit, and Discernment

Pastors, the Spirit, and Discernment by John Frye (operating with a bum arm ... thanks...

September 20, 2013

Pastors and People, by John Frye

By John Frye: Hebrews 13: Pastors and People Hebrews 13 is a good chapter for...

September 18, 2013

In spite of what so many think…

In spite of what so many think, the NT doesn't draw up how a church...

September 09, 2013

Is Ordination Outdated?

An “ordained” minister means someone is designated by a given religious body as approved for...

September 06, 2013

Discernment

From the Shepherd's Nook, by John Frye Jesus was the non-Bible Answer Man. He was...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Pastors and Leadership

From John Frye: Many pastors feel like the pastor in a cartoon I saw years...

August 28, 2013

One Pastor per Church?

Most any reading of the earliest period of the followers of Jesus, say from 30-50...