Should You Turn Down Pastoring for the Sake of a PhD?
When I talk to Bible college and seminary students, I’ve noticed a surprising trend: many show an interest in going into academia rather than into church ministry. Why is there this desire?
When I talk to Bible college and seminary students, I’ve noticed a surprising trend: many show an interest in going into academia rather than into church ministry. Why is there this desire?
Not every person who opposes a pastor is a wolf, and we should use this label cautiously and after much discernment and deliberation. But we should apply it when it fits.
Young pastor, learn from one of my biggest ministry mistakes. Please don’t rush.
The Ministry of Small Things is narrow in its scope—it addresses those ordinary, and often overlooked, aspects of pastoral care through which the Lord is pleased to work.
I live on an island called the Rock, and in many ways, my burden has been to ask God to break up the rock of my province spiritually.