“Everything pastors hope will take place in a person’s life with God remains outside the pastor’s own power.”
― The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
― The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
“You need to preach a gospel that finds its hope not in your understanding and ability but in a God who is grand and glorious in every way and who has invaded your life and ministry by his grace.”
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
“Neither a problem nor a technicality, the triune being of God is the vital oxygen of Christian life and joy.”
― Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith
― Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith
“Ordinary love the way it is meant to be, along with a long life of ordinary faithfulness to God, accomplishes more than we know. A”
― The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
― The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
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