Saturday Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

Preachers, Aspire to Be Relentlessly Interesting

I want it to be hard for a listener not to pay attention, because the sermon is so interesting it continues to pull them back toward the text.

Pastoring is Tortoise Work: A Lesson for the Young and Aspiring

Alongside your study of Scripture, theology, preaching, and ministry methods, befriend patience also.

Six Responsibilities for the Elders of Every Church

What is the job description of an elder or of an elder’s board?

Why We Still Need People for Church Plants in Hard Places

The reality is that nicer places have far more churches on the whole and so that a key priority for Christians and the church is to invest not just prayer and money in hard places, but people.

3 Parts of the Law: A Case for Continuity of the Moral Law

What should Christians do with the Old Testament law? Is it still binding on us? If so, which parts? And how do we know?

In the Beginning, Paul: How the Apostle Applies Genesis 1–2

Joy and hope come from reading Genesis 1 through Paul’s eyes and seeing how he applies it to struggling churches.

My column this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: Prepare for the Last Ten Years of Your Ministry

I used to be a young pastor. That’s why I was a little nervous when an older pastor started attending the church where I served — not just any older pastor, but a legend.