The Preacher’s Task Summarized from Scripture (Or: Preaching Is Not Podcasting) "I’m sure many of you have heard sermons that were not simple and straightforward expositions of Scripture focused on Christ. Some preachers today think preaching

Failure to Act vs. Failure of Action in Pastoral Ministry "We ought not let the ends justify the means. “They’re going to leave anyway, so I might as well not waste my emotional energy loving

Never Quit Because It is Hard "When doing hard things, we should resolve never to quit simply because it is hard. The difficulty of a given task is never a reason to abandon it. There

Preach Sermons, Not Commentaries "Men are dying; the saints are tempted and weary; has God spoken or not? He has indeed, and men preach sermons proclaiming those words. These sermon arrows should be burning, precise,

Start Here: A Beginner’s Guide to Reading Charles H. Spurgeon "Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–92) wrote more words in English than any Christian to date. His published sermons alone span 70 thick volumes, containing more than 4,000 sermons.

Daily Vigilance for Lifelong Productivity In this podcast (which is transcribed here), Pastor John Piper, at 80, offers advice for having a lifetime of productivity. Yet he notes, "The real question is how to be

Pastoral Fortitude: Courage in the Ministry of Word and Prayer "The virtue of fortitude plays a unique role in pastoral ministry. Particularly, it is seen in the ministry of Word and prayer. As the pastor

Five Words in a Known Tongue "God has raised up people in local churches whose job it is to translate the indecipherable verbiage of the scholar into the language of the people. It is pastors,

Engaged but Not Alarmed "How, then, should Christians engage the news? We should not look away as though the sufferings of others do not matter. But neither should we consume every crisis, dispute, and controversy as

The Ruinous Hatred of Flattery "“Subtle” sins of speech like flattery can be more dangerous than the obvious ones because they don’t tend to register on our radars like other sins do. A temper tantrum