Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
Why We Need Anonymous, Plodding Church Planters
We don’t need more rock stars. We don’t need more men seeking the limelight. We need more anonymous, plodding church planters who labor faithfully for the spread of the Gospel and the glory of King Jesus.
If your goal is to make Christ famous, instead of yourselves, have we ever wondered if achieving personal fame is the best way to go?
Here are some reasons we ought to seek out and listen well to (and perhaps even give large public platforms to) the guys who pastor small churches, especially if they’ve been doing it for a while.
Ten Principles for Personal Productivity
I have ten things to say.
3 Ways to Get Involved in Church Planting
Let me encourage you to not adopt the posture of waiting to be involved in church planting. And if you aren’t sure where to start, here are three possible ways to get going.
Ten Tips for Leading Church Well
Practically speaking, the person who leads church can have a massive influence, for good or for ill, on the experience. Here’s what we tell our service leaders to aim for on a Sunday.
Reformed “Spotlight”: What is Spiritual Abuse?
Here’s my suggestion to start the conversation, followed by my “exposition.”
Ministering to the Sick – Some Practical Considerations
I came across this little list the other day and thought it might prove helpful for young pastors in particular. Much of this I learned from tagging along with my father-in-law to hospital visits during our summer vacations. But this is the kind of stuff every Christian can do.
