COVID 19 is the disease of the day right now. Hopefully in a few months or years, COVID 19 will be a distant memory. But, regardless of what happens with COVID 19, we will always have sickness among us, and people who are sick need our ministry.
In Matthew 25:36, Jesus said, “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
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Mental illness and the church, not many people are talking about this issue, but it is real and it is affecting individuals and churches all across the landscape of Christianity. In my own church, mental illness is a normal reality with which we wrestle on a regular basis. We have many young people and adults …
Well-shepherded sheep do not stray! If members know that their leaders care for them and are committed to know, feed, lead, and protect them, they will not be likely to look for “greener pastures” elsewhere. –Timothy Z. Witmer, The Shepherd Leader
For those of you who don’t know it yet, Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City is now blogging. In a recent post Keller argues that as preachers, we must be shepherding our flocks in order to be effective in the pulpit. Read the entire article and then go visit one …