Practical Wisdom for Pastors
Words of Encouragement and Counsel for a Lifetime of Ministry
Published on 3. April 2001
272 pages
978-1-4335-1927-7 (ISBN)
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As a pastor your job is filled with blessings and satisfaction, as well as unique challenges and pitfalls. Here a ministry veteran covers virtually all of those areas with a wealth of practical insight culled from 44 years in the pastorate. Blending his deep love of the Word and commitment to biblical ministry, Curtis Thomas offers a rich source of help and encouragement that will enthuse and benefit you whether you've pastored for five years or 50.
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Words of Encouragement and Counsel for a Lifetime of Ministry
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CURTIS C. THOMAS served as pastor of several Baptist churches in the central Arkansas area before recently retiring after forty-four years in the ministry. Most recently, he served fourteen years as executive pastor of The Bible Church in Little Rock. He has coauthored two books: Romans: An Interpretive Outline and The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Note
- Content
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by John MacArthur
- Introduction
- SECTION ONE:PERSONAL LIFE
- Our Call
- Personal Devotional Life
- Prayer
- Accountability Partners
- Admitting Mistakes
- Our Financial Reputations
- An Undisciplined Appetite
- Our Dress
- Personal Life:For Additional Study
- SECTION TWO:FAMILY LIFE
- Our Wives
- Our Homes
- Ignoring Our Own Families
- Family Devotional Life
- Family Life:For Additional Study
- SECTION THREE:STUDY HABITS
- Our Personal Libraries
- Poor Study Habits
- Spending Day After Day in the Study
- Staying out of the Study
- Making Your Studies Work for You Later
- Daily Schedules
- Our Bible Notes
- Faxes,E-Mail,the Internet
- Periodicals,Pamphlets,Newspapers
- Reading,Writing,Speaking
- Continuing Education
- Study Habits:For Additional Study
- SECTION FOUR:MESSAGES
- Topical Messages
- Tone of Voice
- Too Much Time on Exegesis
- Sermons with No Structure
- Sermons with Too Many Points
- Sermons with No Discernible Point
- Sermons with No Illustrations
- Sermons with Too Many Illustrations
- Sermons That Drone On and On
- Addressing Implications Only
- Pulpit Notes
- Balancing Truth
- Failing to Share the Pulpit
- Translations
- Messages:For Additional Study
- SECTION FIVE:CHURCH LIFE
- Candidating Before a Church
- Leading,Not Following
- Trying to Do It All
- Meetings,Meetings,Meetings!
- House Calls
- Hospital Visits
- Fellow Pastors/Elders
- Deacons
- Church Finances
- The Telephone
- Schedules and Appointments
- Diaries/Daily Planners
- Short-Term Assessments of the Members
- Avoiding Cliques
- Being Fair with Your Congregation
- Settling the Score Publicly
- Looking Down on Others
- I'll Pray for You
- Listening to Complaints
- Members with Vague Complaints
- Getting the Facts
- Open Rebuke
- Fear of the Congregation
- Letting Church Problems Fester
- Church Hopping by the Members
- People Who Are Relocated
- Changing Your Church
- Leaving a Church
- Stepping Down
- Leaving a Legacy
- Church Hopping by the Pastor
- Church Life:For Additional Study
- SECTION SIX:COUNSELING
- Pastoral Counseling
- When to Refer
- Suicide
- Making Judgments
- Counseling:For Additional Study
- SECTION SIX:COUNSELING
- Marriages
- Separations
- Divorces
- The Wedding Service
- Funerals
- Weddings,Divorces,Funerals:For Additional Study
- SECTION EIGHT:RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS
- Mentoring
- An Independent Spirit
- Evangelism/Outreach
- Our Public Involvement
- Jealousy and Competition
- Standing Alone
- Missions
- Relationships with Others:For Additional Study
- SECTION NINE:DANGERS
- Proof-Texting
- Taking a Position
- Majoring on the Minors
- The Tyranny of the Urgent
- Our Secretaries
- Our Office Doors
- Assuming Too Much
- Our Genuine Needs
- Dealing with Panic (Our Own!)
- Confusing the Gospel
- Neglecting Exercise and Recreation
- Christian Liberty for the Pastor
- Shackles for the Pastor
- Are We the Resident Authority?
- When Fear Strikes
- Taking All the Blame for Failures
- Taking Credit for Success
- Litigation
- Dangers:For Additional Study
- SECTION TEN:MISCELLANEOUS
- Why Not Female Pastors?
- The Senior Pastor
- The Pastor and the IRS
- One-Issue Churches
- Miscellaneous:For Additional Study
- APPENDICES
- Appendix I:Pastor's Self-Evaluation Questionnaire
- Appendix II:What Should a Sermon Do?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back
