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April 01, 2011   Jared Moore   No comments

9 Marks Ministries offers a solution for those pastors that do not preach on hell:

1. Speak about hell as much as Jesus did.

2. Be faithful to Scripture.

3. Trust the Holy Spirit.

By 9 Marks listing these points, they indirectly argue that those that do NOT preach on hell, 1) Refuse to do what Jesus did, 2) Refuse to be faithful to Scripture, and 3) Refuse to trust the Holy Spirit.  You can find 9 Marks’ reasoning for these points here.

Do you agree with 9 Marks?  Why or why not?

30 Practical Ways for Pastors to Love Their Wives & Families

March 30, 2011   Jared Moore   No comments
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From 9 Marks Ministries, here are 30 outstanding practical ways for Pastors to love their wives and children:

IN RELATION TO YOUR FAMILY…

  1. Take the initiative and establish a plan for family worship. Then follow the plan! (Don Whitney encourages “brevity, regularity, and flexibility” in family worship.)
  2. Come home at the exact time you say you will be home; and prepare your heart to serve your family, not be served.
  3. Take responsibility for your children’s education and discipline—don’t leave it to your wife to figure out.
  4. Share with your wife and kids some of the good things that are going on in the church, and then thank them for helping to make that possible.
  5. Use every hour of your vacation time. And take a vacation that does not involve extended family; restrict it to just your wife and kids.
  6. Take a two week vacation.
  7. Diligently guard your days off.
  8. There are times when it seems like you have to choose whether to be a good dad/husband or a good pastor. Good pastors choose to be good dad/husbands.

IN RELATION TO YOUR WIFE…

  1. Get up early and have your quiet time, so that you can take the kids in the morning while your wife has her quiet time.
  2. Give her flowers and a hand written card when she least expects it.
  3. Regularly schedule a date night and take the initiative on logistics, i.e. organize the baby-sitter, make reservations, and have a plan.
  4. Make sure you know her favorite restaurant, meal, flowers, ice cream flavor, and movie.
  5. Schedule a weekly time where you watch the kids and your wife gets out to do whatever she wants—not errands. When you can, give her a whole day off from the kids.
  6. Decide together with your wife how many evenings you will be gone and honor what has been agreed upon.
  7. On Sundays, leave for church a few minutes early to stop and get your wife her favorite coffee drink.

You must go to 9 Marks’ website for the other 15.  Follow this link, and be encouraged!

Do you agree with 9 Marks’ suggestions?  Why or why not?

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8 Steps for Dealing With Difficult People in Ministry

March 25, 2011   Jared Moore   1 Comment
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These steps come from the March-April 2009 edition of the 9 Marks e-journal.  The points are provided here, but please follow the link to the original article for the development of these points.  If you have not dealt with difficult people in ministry yet, you will!  So, at least read this article and more articles/books like it in order to be prepared to handle such people in a Christ-honoring way.

Ken Swetland, from over 40 years of ministry experience, helps young or elder pastors understand how to deal with difficult people in ministry.

From my first church and the subsequent ones, I have learned some principles about dealing with difficult people. Here are eight:

1. Pray.

 

2. Work with those you can.

 

3. Preach the Bible graciously and redemptively.

 

4. Be honest but discreet.

 

5. Take the long view.

 

6. Remember the people belong to God.

 

7. Trust in God.

 

8. Learn from experience.

You can find the complete article here.

What do you think about Swetand’s suggestions?  Do you agree or disagree?  Why or why not?  Is there anything you would add to this list?

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Menopause: Fallout from Encouraging Christians to Dress Up Like Psychics

March 16, 2011   Jared Moore   3 Comments
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A few days ago, I wrote an article titled “Why is That Christian Dressed Up Like a Psychic?” In this article, I argue that Christians are practicing divination when they purport that God speaks to them beyond the Bible through their feelings.  In 2006 Lifeway lead a study of the formerly churched that were currently not attending church anywhere (Link to the complete study).  Check out what age group and sex made up the largest group of the “formerly churched”:

Adults who qualify as formerly churched are largely comprised of female baby-boomers

This is speculative, but I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that women often go through menopause between the ages of 45 and 55, and the greatest percentage of formerly churched are female, ages 50-64.  What else do these women have in common?  Many symptoms of menopause are emotional, hormonal, and “feeling” related: anxiety, irritability, hot flashes, etc.  If “feelings” are how these women discern God’s will, then the feelings of these women drastically change when they go through menopause; thus, so does their church attendance.  They no longer “feel” God telling them to attend; or worse, they no longer “feel” as close to God as they once did.  Amazingly, once the hormones of these women return to normal, or they at least learn to live with their new “normal,” they return to the church (only 15% of the formerly churched are 65 or older).

Yet again, you reap what you sow.  Pastors and leaders please quit telling your congregations that God is leading them beyond the Bible through their feelings!  You are greatly hindering the church; and my generation must attempt to clean up your mess!

If it’s not enough that the Bible does not encourage Christians to play the psychic (trust their absolutely authoritative feelings), then please look at the fruit of your unbiblical emphases: millions of formerly churched Christians…

Here is more proof of the negative results that you produce through encouraging Christians to play the psychic.

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Alcohol, SBC Senior Pastors & Laity: Surprisingly Different

March 12, 2011   Jared Moore   2 Comments
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Three years ago Lifeway conducted a study titled “Perceptions of Alcohol: Protestant pastors and Laity.”  Within the study, they specifically singled out Southern Baptist Senior Pastors and laity, and compared them with other Protestant Senior Pastors and laity.  The exhaustive study can be found here.

Of all Southern Baptist Laity polled…

29% drink alcohol (compared to 3% of Senior Pastors).

77% strongly agree (compared to 98% of SP), and 8% somewhat with this statement: “Scripture indicates that people should never get drunk.”

35% strongly agree (compared to 20% of SP), and 23% somewhat agree (compared to 32% of SP) with this statement: “Scripture indicates that all beverages, including alcohol can be consumed without sin.”

21% strongly agree (compared to 27% of SP), and 12% somewhat agree (compared to 14% of SP) with this statement: “Scripture indicates that people should never drink alcohol.”

48% strongly agree (compared to 85% of SP), and 22% somewhat agree (compared to 12% of SP) with this statement: “When a Christian partakes of alcohol in a social setting, it is a liberty that could cause other believers to stumble or be confused.”

28% strongly agree (compared to 15% of SP), and 25% somewhat agree (compared to 32% of SP) with this statement: “When a Christian partakes of alcohol in reasonable amounts, they are simply exercising a biblical liberty.”

41% strongly agree (compared to 46% of SP), and 17% somewhat agree (compared to 29% of SP) with this statement: “When a Christian does not drink alcohol, this makes non-believers who see this more interested in Jesus Christ.”

44% strongly agree (compared to 60% of SP), and 15% somewhat agree (compared to 17% of SP) with this statement: “Christians should not use alcohol as a beverage.”

It appears, at least concerning this subject, that many Southern Baptists disagree with their pastors.

Do these statistics surprise you?  Why or why not?

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