Pandemic Pastoral Priorities: Wading Into Indoor Worship
I know that many churches are wrestling with the same questions we are at Malvern Hill. As a pandemic continues […]
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Ministry & Leadership
Leadership Is Being Wrong and Right, All At The Same Time
The opinions about what a church should do and how a church should navigate the COVID-19 crisis are as numerous
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Preparing Your Church For The Second Wave
We’re all beginning to breathe a sigh of relief as it appears the lock-down measures are being slowly relaxed across
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Navigating Next Steps for Churches
On Sunday, March 8, 2020 I preached a sermon titled, The Apologetic of Fulfilled Scripture from Mark 14. On that
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Steps to Help Your Pastor Grow
Church member, you can help your pastor improve. You have the ability to help him grow as a pastor, as a preacher, and as a member of your community. But it may not be easy.
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10 Habits of Hospitality
I know that some of you are reading this and the idea of opening your home to others seems like a terrifying chore. I want you to see it as a blessed opportunity. Our open-door policy has created numerous opportunities for us to show the love of Christ to others. Our house has been a refuge for the broken and a hospital for sinners. Our home has been a counseling office and a cooking school. It has also been a play-place for kids and an emergency bathroom. But, in each of those ways, God has used our home to bless others and in so doing has blessed our family.
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Pastor, Replanter, or Revitalizer
“When did you decide you wanted to be a revitalizing pastor?” I had to think for a minute. I am
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5 Tips for Beating Writer’s Block
I try to not get caught up in the “who has a harder job?” debate. Many people lament the challenges
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Pastor, Don’t Quit
As Paul languishes in prison expecting to die, he sends one final letter to his protege with some instructions and
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Preach Christ
Jesus is enough to carry and sustain the worn-out souls of your hearers. They come to the altar of God’s word week in and week out to be refreshed and encouraged. You have been given the gift of preaching for the edifying—the building up—of your local church. They come in beat-down and tired. The worries of financial strife, the struggles of wayward children, the back-biting of a secular workplace, and the thorns and thistles of sinful creation all work in a sort of unholy symphony to burden God’s image-bearers. Given the opportunity, this unholy symphony will actually drown out the siren call of Calvary.
5 Pastoral Necessities for Church Revitalization
Church revitalization is all the buzz in evangelical church life these days. Mark Clifton says a healthy or revitalized church is “one that has a reputation for making disciples who make disciples and whose community is noticeably better because of the existence of the church.”
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A Prayer for Your Pastor
Your pastor needs your prayers. I’ve taken a prayer from The Valley of Vision and edited it so that it
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