Many of us know our job descriptions and what is expected of us at our place of employment. Few of us have that job description spelled out clearly for us in Scripture. Qualifications of a pastor-shepherd are clearly given in several texts in the Bible. I don’t know of any pastors who got into the … Continue reading »
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Top Ten Mistakes Made by Suffering Pastors
Top Ten Mistakes Made by Suffering Pastors: In your dealing with others: Act as if you have it all together What we say: “Nothing is wrong” or “I’ve got it under control” What we do: Present a deceitful front to our people and rob them an opportunity to minister to us Fail to be transparent … Continue reading »
Taking a Break from Posting Due to Spinal Fusion Surgery
My posting on Grace Dependent has become very intermittent and almost non-existent. This is due to a battle I have been waging with Chronic Pain due to disc deterioration in my L3/L4/L5/S1. I am scheduled for surgery on October 25. I have already had one Spinal Fusion surgery two years ago: S1/L5 were fused. This … Continue reading »
Cone of Shame: Lesson in Blindspots
We recently had our young Australian Shepherd spayed. And, yes, she came home with the “cone of shame”. If you haven’t heard that term, you probably haven’t been into the animated Pixar movies, especially the one entitled, “UP!”. I leave you to google that – suffice it to say, it’s one of my favorites. When … Continue reading »
Hitting the Links: Pastor’s Edition
Occasionally I will post some links that I have found interesting as I surf the world-wide-web. Today I post three from my own RSS reader – and all three are for the benefit of pastors. Here they are in no particular order: How do you care for a 90 year old man about to become … Continue reading »
Three Principles for Gospel Accountability
Covenant Eyes is a great internet accountability tool. On their website they make available for download a free pdf ebook entitled, “Internet Pornography: A Ministry Leader’s Handbook“. Each chapter is linked as well so that you can read the book right at their site. Chapter 5 is entitled, “Gospel-Centered Accountability“. In the chapter, Jonathan Dodson, … Continue reading »
A New Year, A New Pastor: Meet Kirk Barger; pt.4 of 4
Today will be our last post from the interview with Pastor Kirk. Previous posts revealed his Personal Interests, Counseling Interests, and Bible Interests. Today we’ll hear from Kirk in regard to his Ministry Interests. These questions and answers impact not only all of our members and attendees at Calvary Baptist, but also our community. I … Continue reading »
A Minister’s Prayer
Sometimes I read prayers, poems and other literary devices in my personal bible study. This is, of course, in conjunction with my time God’s Word. I have recently picked up a copy of The Valley of Vision, having first heard of it through Tim Challies. I would recommend this collection highly to you. Below is … Continue reading »
Finally Alive – John Piper, an excerpt
I am reading John Piper’s Finally Alive!, a book I received in April at the T4G conference. I am going through the book, chapter by chapter, with a good friend. We read a chapter a week and then discuss it on Monday afternoons. (we are also reading through Romans together & are amazed how this … Continue reading »
Boring Sermons: the bane of church life
The Briefing produced by Matthias Media put out an excellent article entitled, “Borers in the Pulpit”. They included 6 areas that every pastor should address: Purpose, Passion, Energy, Length (so sermon), Illustrations and Application. Below is an excerpt from the article, I strongly encourage you to read the entire thing at their website! And if … Continue reading »
