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“God has redeemed that hasty decision.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“No pastor is ever hired for ministry, they are called into a ministry position.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“Preaching in ways that reveal something about yourself and your family is the third suggestion for preaching during the first hundred days.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“Time will be short and valuable, and so it might be wise to begin with material you have either used before in another location, or, if it is your first ministry assignment, to preach from texts that are familiar enough to you that you aren't starting your exegesis from scratch.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“One can’t separate the soul from the body in the way Thyatira’s Jezebel would like because humankind is so uniquely linked to embodiment that our lives will always have some form of corporeal existence. Thus Paul in particular implores believers to “glorify God in your body” (1 Cor. 6:20) and prays that our “spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:23). Biblical hope never completely separates the soul from the body, and so there can be no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular for the believer. The”
― T. Scott Daniels, Seven Deadly Spirits: The Message of Revelation's Letters for Today's Church

“But it is extremely important to remember that although your new church has some built-in expectations of any pastor, most of their expectations of you will be set in the first hundred days or so.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“What I needed at the time was the courage to say no, but I didn't have it.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“Too often new pastors make the mistake of believing they are in charge immediately, when time and knowledge are required to earn credibility necessary for leadership.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“Lack of conflict is not a mark of the church of Jesus Christ: forgiveness is.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“If we can start with the right alignment, who knows where, with God's help, our ministries might lead?”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide

“Help the church heal by treating your predecessor with the grace you would want extended to you if you were in the same situation.”
― T. Scott Daniels, The First 100 Days: A Pastor's Guide