Church Father Friday is the ongoing curation of Patristic texts. These short selections from church history remind us of where we’ve been, and what God has done throughout history for the Church. I pray these excerpts are a blessing to you. No author has influenced me as much as Gregory Nazianzen. His depth, poeticContinue reading “3 Pastoral Lessons from the Letters of Gregory Nazianzen”
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Ministry’s Not About You
Ministry’s dangerous. If you google “pastor fired” you’ll see an endless stream of articles recounting the varied moral failures of former ministry leaders. Adultery, embezzlement, abusive leadership, and addiction always top the list. But as with everything in this fallen world, it isn’t always the glaring, blatant sins that cause all the damage. Rather, it’sContinue reading “Ministry’s Not About You”