Today, we handed out several free Practical Shepherding books to these hungry pastors Jim Savastio and I have been teaching this week in Zambia. One pastor approached me shortly after we handed out the books and asked, “How could I…
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What is an unexpected book request I received in Zambia?
Posted in Book Recommendation, Hospital Visitation
Should a pastor include his children in his pastoral work?
On a previous post, we talked about how a pastor helps his children appreciate his work, not resent it. This post explained how a pastor should help his children see how important his work is to God. As a follow-up…
What are 10 practical tools to hospital visitation?
Yesterday, I taught a class at SBTS on hospital visitation. I reminded them how pastoral visitation has become a lost art in the younger generation of pastors and that fear is among the many reasons for the neglect of this…
Posted in Hospital Visitation, Oversight of Souls
What does it mean for the pastor to minister the Word of God?
So many good and fruitful tasks demand a pastor’s time, and yet most cannot be accomplished on a regular basis. How is a pastor to know what is to be the main priority? The pastor’s task is to minister the word of God…
