Tag Archives: Pastoring
John Newton’s Word to Pastors
Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.
HT: Miscellanies
Practice What You Preach
Apply yourself wholly to the text; apply the text wholly to yourself.
Commending God and His Works to the Next Generation
We must be committed to do anything we can to be that generation that commends God’s works, his glory, to the next generation so that they may be rescued and motivated by a glory bigger than the typical catalog of glories they would choose for themselves.
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 119.
Short, Annotated Bibliography of Nehemiah
I recently finished a series of messages in the book of Nehemiah. Click on the link below for an annotated bibliography of the books I used. Bear in mind that the comments were made based on their usefulness to me personally. You may find the books to have greater or lesser influence if you were to use them.
CLICK HERE FOR ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEHEMIAH
Feeding Your Soul Daily in God’s Grace and Glory
The standards you set for yourself and your ministry are directly related to your view of God. If you are feeding your soul every day on the grace and glory of God, if you are in worshipful awe of His wisdom and power, if you are spiritually stunned by His faithfulness and love, and if you are daily motivated by His presence and promises, then you want to do everything you can to capture and display that glory to the people God has placed in your care. It is your job as a pastor to pass this glory down to another generation, and it is impossible for you to do that if you are not being awestricken by God’s glory yourself.
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 138.
Excellence in Ministry
Excellence in ministry flows from a heart that is in holy, reverential, life-rearranging, motivation-capturing awe of the Lord of glory.
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 142.
Preach Christ for Christ’s Sake
A man cannot be a faithful minister, until he preaches Christ for Christ’s sake–until he gives up striving to attract people to himself, and seeks only to attract them to Christ!
A Gospel Passion That Inspires and Ignites
No matter what isn’t working in my ministry, no matter what difficulties or battles I’m facing, the expansive glory of God gives me reason to get up in the morning and do what I have been gifted and called to do with enthusiasm, courage, and confidence. My joy isn’t handcuffed to the surrounding circumstances or relationships; I don’t have to have my heart yanked wherever they go. I have reason for joy because I am a chosen child and a conscripted servant of the King of kings and Lord of lords, the great Creator, the Savior, the sovereign, the victor, the one who does reign and will reign forever. He is my Father, my Savior, and my boss. He is ever near and ever faithful. My passion for ministry is not about how I am being received; it flows out of the reality that I have been received by him. My enthusiasm is not because people like me, but because he has accepted and sent me. My passion is not the result of my ministry being as glorious as I thought it could be, but because he is eternally and unchangeably glorious. So I preach, teach, counsel, lead, and serve with a gospel passion that inspires and ignites the same in the people around me.
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 122-123.
Life Is Worship 