By Chris Surber on Apr 26, 2025
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Author Chris Surber suggests six avenues to handle the hurt and disappointment so common in pastoral ministry.
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By Toni Ridgaway on May 5, 2023
based on 3 ratings
| 17,594 views
Scholars and authors say the church does not often present the topic of heaven anymore, and they wonder why.
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By Joe Mckeever on Mar 6, 2021
based on 2 ratings
| 13,788 views
They call you Preacher because nothing you do is as important or as critical to the work of the church as your preaching.
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By Lance Witt on Jul 24, 2023
based on 4 ratings
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God delights to show His favor. He longs to pour out His Spirit. He is a God of lavish grace. But if you want to see God remove His favor and hold back His Spirit and shut off the spigot, just introduce pride.
I have a growing awareness of how much pride has been and is in my life. It’s been a constant companion for more than fifty years. I am well acquainted with the dark side of leadership.
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By Thom Rainer on May 20, 2024
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“Is this valley I am going through normal for pastors?”
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By Eugene Peterson on Jul 14, 2021
"I grew up in a culture that was very entertainment-centered. Pastors were really good storytellers, and they were attractive people, glamorous." –Eugene Peterson
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By Josh Read on Mar 10, 2026
The word "hope" has become church wallpaper. It's on coffee mugs in the lobby, printed across banners above the baptistry, and threaded through every worship set since 2015. Your congregation has heard it so many times it slides off them like rain off a windshield.
Here's the tension: the biblical word for hope has almost nothing in common with the sentiment we've domesticated it into. The Hebrew word "tiqvah" literally means "cord" or "rope", something you cling to when the ground gives way. The Greek "elpis" in Paul's letters is never wishful thinking. It's confident expectation aimed at a future only God can deliver.
This sermon outline is built for the Sunday you peel the bumper sticker off and show your congregation what hope actually costs and why it's the most defiant act a believer can perform.
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By Nathan Aaseng on Oct 17, 2020
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Author Nathan Aaseng says, "Preaching is a terrible form of communication." Yet he discovered why preaching is the crown jewel of a pastor's existence.
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By Bruce D. Johnson on Oct 14, 2024
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Over the past five decades, an insidious trend has crept into American preaching--and not only are most pastors unaware of it, they've embraced it!
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