Ep. 239: Bad ministry advice we've been given

What is some bad ministry advice Brian and Jim have received? Did they implement some of it? If not, how did God use this advice to shape them and their ministry?

Brian and Jim discuss these and more on this episode of Trench Talk.

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(02:04) Biblical Understanding

(03:39) Life: “You’ve got to have more faith”

(05:53) Preaching: “You’ve got to find your own set of jokes”

(07:45) Altar call: “Learn how to manipulate the emotions of your congregation”

(10:56) Friendship: “don’t make friends in the church”

(12:23) Ministry: “change everything at first”

(14:16) Ministry: “You can only spend 5 years at a church”

(16:51) Preaching: “Don’t write your own sermons”

(18:00) Ministry: “you can’t build a church on doctrine”

18:37 Ministry: “Grow the church by catering to needs”

(19:51) Ministry: “throw away the methods of how church used to be done”

(23:40) Training: “don’t get in the way of a persons calling”

(25:31) Preaching: “Have your pulpit ready for the recent headlines”

(27:10) Preaching: “you can adequately shepherd the flock from the pulpit”

(28:25) Ministry: “if you do everything right you will have ministry fruit”

(30:00) Final word and prayer

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