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Issue #393: You don’t beat temptation on your own

Pastor, you need an accountability partner. Your ministry depends upon it. Being a pastor doesn’t exempt you from temptation. Even Jesus was tempted. In this issue, we’ll discover three reasons why it’s so important to be honest with another believer about our temptations. Read More
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Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 12:00 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Book Look, Saddleback Sayings, On the Links, Issue Archives, Notes & Quotes

Time: friend or Foe? – part one

Time management is a dreaded and often ignored spiritual discipline. We choose where to invest our time, carefully planning everything from committee meetings and church activities to lunch appointments and choir practice – but fail to schedule...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 5:49 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Mary Southerland
Pastor, do you feel anxious?

Many pastors deal with overwhelming anxiety that threatens to disable them and render them powerless. Anxiety can produce both physical and emotional symptoms, some so severe they disrupt a pastor’s personal life, his family life, and his work....

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 4:58 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Denise George
The heart of true worship

Some people get scared when they hear they’ll be worshipping forever. Maybe they don’t like singing, and they were told that eternity is one continuous sing-along! I believe eternity will be one continuous adventure…and I believe that...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 4:37 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Brian Doerksen
Learning to forgive: an essential element of pastoral leadership

" Spend enough time in the church and you will be hurt. And when you are nursing the wounds and feeling the sharp pain inflicted by one of the people you pastor, you will hear the voice of Jesus calling you to forgive. " Kevin Harney Being a...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 4:31 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Perspectives, Kevin Harney
You don’t beat temptation on your own

" We all need an accountability partner who’ll listen to us, check up on us, and ask us the hard questions. " Rick Warren Pastor, there are some temptations your people face that it will take a team to tackle. We simply can’t overcome...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 4:10 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Pastor

Issue #392: Developing a plan to beat temptation

We’re all tempted in different ways. And we need to know our pattern of temptation because the devil knows it and will try to use it against us. In this issue, we’ll look at five critical questions we need to ask ourselves to resist temptation and stand strong in Christ. Read More
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Published Thu, Sep 17 2009 9:00 AM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Book Look, Saddleback Sayings, On the Links, Issue Archives, Notes & Quotes

From mess to miracle

As a pastor’s wife, I often have the opportunity to love people who rub me the wrong way. It seems that ministry is overflowing with those I lovingly call “sandpaper people.” My husband, Dan, was the pastor of Flamingo Road Church in...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 2:52 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Mary Southerland
Supporting bivocational pastors

In early American history, bivocational pastors were the norm. They shepherded small churches, and, at the same time, held full-time, salaried secular jobs. “Bi-vos” (bivocational pastors) make up a large percentage of pastors today. In the...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 2:43 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Denise George
Principles of worship from the Epistles

The apostle Paul was committed, even in the face of certain death, to teach God’s people how to conduct themselves worshipfully. He and the other apostles wrote the Epistles to help the Christians live out the day-to-day worship of Christ in church...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 2:31 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Vernon M. Whaley
Four ways pastoring today is different than 30 years ago

Over the last 30 years, the job descriptions for pastors have shifted. While preaching and teaching are still standards for most pastors, some church leaders are discovering that their roles are evolving as the expectations and needs of their congregations...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 2:19 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Perspectives, Margaret Feinberg
Developing a plan to beat temptation

Pastor, temptations can take down any one of us, at any time. We’re human. I’m guessing not a day goes by that a pastor doesn’t have his ministry implode because of falling to temptation. The people sitting in our worship services this...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 1:05 PM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Purpose Driven Pastor
God is our Source

" Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. " 1 Timothy 6:17 (NIV) By Mary...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2009 11:49 AM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Mary Southerland
How big is your God?

" Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? " Isaiah 40:12...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2009 11:15 AM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Matt Willis, Avery T. Willis
Has ministry taken its toll on you?

By Denise George Too many pastors today are experiencing “pastoral burnout.” What is burnout? Burnout is emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion. One recent study shows that 45.5 percent of pastors say they’ve actually had to take...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2009 11:05 AM by MTBEditor

Filed under: Ministry Library, Denise George