I recently led my preaching cohort through an insightful conference talk on preaching by my friend Justin Anderson. One of the things he mentioned was how he thinks about connecting with different listeners. He talked about four archetypes he preps for in preaching. Justin’s four were: The Mechanic – “I picture a fifty-year old dude […]
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At the end of each year I write a post about my favorite things that year, including my favorite book. However, with all the books I tend to read each year, it seems a little unfair to peg just one book. Often I’ll cheat by breaking it up into a couple different categories (e.g., ministry,
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New church plants aside, it’s very easy to make the church all about the pastor by making everything revolve around his leadership. He authorizes every check. He oversees every ministry. He makes every weighty decision. But that’s not wanting to be a pastor. That’s wanting to be a pope. If the lead pastor gets hit
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