At the beginning of my pastoral career, an elderly pastor shared two key points with me: “Your vocation is unlike most. Your latter years of life can be your most effective ones.” I’m now decades away from this conversation, which proved to be invaluable to me. He unpacked his two key points by way of […]
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Responding to God’s call to the pastorate is not for the faint of heart. To be a pastor, of course, is a great privilege — for it affords a person the opportunity to work intimately with “the great Shepherd of the sheep.” This vocation, however, is unlike most: Paul understood it to involve struggle, suffering, […]
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This is the last post in a series about godly choices, all based on Jesus’ wilderness temptation. The below thoughts summarize preceding points and address Jesus’ last test: Matt 4:8–11.
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This is my fifth post about making godly choices, all based on Jesus’ wilderness temptation; this blog flows forth from the thoughts of the last one, It’s Tricky! Faith filled steps can be risky, but they’re not reckless. Had Jesus jumped off “the highest point of the temple” this would not have been an act of faith but one of […]
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This is my fourth post about making godly choices, all based on Jesus’ wilderness temptation. The below thoughts come from his second test (Matt 4:5-7). Then the devil took him to the … highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and […]
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