My natural interest leads me to migrate naturally more toward some of the functional sermon elements than others. For instant, my natural gifting and past studies lead me more toward heavy dense explanation in my sermons. Also, I love good stories personally and love...
This article first appeared on Theological Matters, the academic blog of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Immigration, border security and citizen safety currently constitute one of the hottest issues in the American political scene. Certainly, no one can...
As we have explored the concept in both the Old and New Testaments, we have seen that the office of pastor is more than a good suggestion that can be taken or left, the fruits of successful pragmatism, or the culmination of the personal preferences of men. Instead,...
Anecdotally over the last 10 to 15 years, and more specifically during my four plus years in my role at NOBTS, less and less men appear to be expressing a call specifically to pastor the local church. This trend is concerning for me (but that may be a topic for...
We have been making the argument that a pastor is to lead God’s people, and if God establishes pastors as leaders, God cares not just that pastors lead, but He also cares how they lead. In an attempt to clarify how pastors are to lead, the term servant leader has...
We’ve made the argument that one of the roles of a pastor is to guard the church against false teaching and against false teachers. This role leads to a very important question, how do I know if someone is a false teacher? Jesus described false teachers as those who...
