Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor
Author | : Christopher Ian Thoma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-08-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781734186123 |
A collection of stories, Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor explores the darker side of pastoral ministry.
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Author | : Christopher Ian Thoma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-08-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781734186123 |
A collection of stories, Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor explores the darker side of pastoral ministry.
Author | : Christopher Thoma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-08-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781955355971 |
A collection of stories, Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor peeks behind the curtain and shines a light into what has become, for so many in pastoral ministry, a very dark place. From abusive members to impossible schedules often resulting in failing health and family decay, Ten Ways presents church-goers with an opportunity for personal reflection as well as gives voice to the often undetectable "hurts" lurking behind the pastor's smile.
Author | : Christopher Ian Thoma |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2016-08-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781535472920 |
A collection of stories, Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor peeks behind the curtain and shines a light into what has become for so many in pastoral ministry a very dark place. From abusive members to impossible schedules often resulting in failing health and family decay, Ten Ways presents church-goers with an opportunity for personal reflection as well as gives voice to the often undetectable "hurts" lurking behind the pastor's smile. Endorsements: "Sharing experiences is important. The sharing of experience isn't to stop. And while seminary courses, field work, and vicarage assignments all serve important roles in forming pastors for dealing with people, Chris Thoma brings together and shares the often unteachable experiences in Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor. A Lutheran minister, Thoma faces off with ten troubling situations that often confront pastors and their families, and he does so through easy to read vignettes. Each is presented so vividly that the reader-whether pastor, spouse, or layperson-will ask silently, 'How is it that he knows me so well?' They are incredibly real and reflect life in the ministry from a very important perspective. Each chapter being a mirror of a pastor's soul, I highly recommend this as a resource to be studied and discussed by pastors and laypeople alike. The Lutheran Confessions speak of the 'mutual consolation of the brethren.' Thoma has provided a place where the need for that consolation can be identified and the effort begun." REV. DR. DAVID P. SCAER Chairman of the Systematics Department Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana Author of Discourses in Matthew and James: The Apostle of Faith "This book provides a real and gritty depiction of the pastoral ministry. Pastor Thoma does a great service to the church by exposing the abuses that many pastors often endure while presenting the ever present comfort of Christ Jesus. There is tremendous comfort-even in the midst of tremendous pain-knowing that God is not at war with His people." REV. A. TREVOR SUTTON Pastor of Saint Luke Lutheran Church Haslett, Michigan Author of Being Lutheran "It is difficult for many church members to fully understand the demands of pastoral ministry. Chris Thoma helps by presenting ten high-stress scenarios caused by congregations that have the potential for destroying pastors." KENT CROCKETT President, Making Life Count Ministries, Inc. Author of Pastor Abusers: When Sheep Attack their Shepherd "A defibrillator that delivers a therapeutic jolt of truth straight to the Christian heart!" REV. TYREL BRAMWELL Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church & School Murray, Utah Author of The Gift and the Defender
Author | : Doug Griffiths |
Publisher | : Frontenac House |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1897181426 |
Let’s suppose you have a really ambitious goal in life – you want to kill your community! You want to drive away people, eliminate jobs, undermine businesses, and you won’t quit until the whole place is in ruins. Don’t know how to go about it? You’re in luck – here is a handy manual, chock-full of proven ideas, for the up-and-coming town wrecker. This is the book for you! But suppose you have a different goal – you want to save your community. You want to promote growth, ensure prosperity, build for the future. Well, you too can benefit from 13 Ways. All you have to do is follow the advice in reverse, and before you know it, you and your neighbours will have built a thriving, successful community that’s the envy of everyone.
Author | : Greg Dutcher |
Publisher | : Cruciform Press |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2012-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 193676055X |
Are we actually living the message of grace? "When a corrective like this comes from within a movement, it is a sign of health" -John Piper Something wonderful is happening in Western Evangelicalism. A resurgence of Calvinism is changing lives, transforming churches, and spreading the gospel. The books are great, the sermons are life-changing, the music is inspirational, and the conferences are astonishing. Will this continue or will we, who are part of it all, end up destroying it? That depends on how we live the message. As "insiders" of the Calvinist resurgence, there are at least eight ways we can mess everything up. Learn what they are and how to avoid killing off a perfectly good theology.
Author | : Mark Dever |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2013-08-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433540010 |
Now in its third edition and featuring a new foreword by New York Times best-selling author David Platt, pastor Mark Dever’s classic book is not an instruction manual for church growth. Rather, it is a wise pastor’s recommendation for how to assess the health of a church using nine crucial qualities often neglected by many of today’s congregations. Church leaders and church members alike will resonate with the principles outlined here, breathing new life and health into the church at large. In this newly revised edition, fresh arguments have been added (for example on expositional preaching, about the nature of the gospel, on complementarianism), illustrations have been updated, appendices have been changed, and cover has been improved.
Author | : Sarah J. Robinson |
Publisher | : WaterBrook |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0593193539 |
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Author | : Anthony Esolen |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1684516579 |
Play dates, soccer practice, day care, political correctness, drudgery without facts, television, video games, constant supervision, endless distractions: these and other insidious trends in child rearing and education are now the hallmarks of childhood. As author Anthony Esolen demonstrates in this elegantly written, often wickedly funny book, almost everything we are doing to children now constricts their imaginations, usually to serve the ulterior motives of the constrictors. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child takes square aim at these accelerating trends, in a bitingly witty style reminiscent of C. S. Lewis, while offering parents—and children—hopeful alternatives. Esolen shows how imagination is snuffed out at practically every turn: in the rearing of children almost exclusively indoors; in the flattening of love to sex education, and sex education to prurience and hygiene; in the loss of traditional childhood games; in the refusal to allow children to organize themselves into teams; in the effacing of the glorious differences between the sexes; in the dismissal of the power of memory, which creates the worst of all possible worlds in school—drudgery without even the merit of imparting facts; in the strict separation of the child’s world from the adult’s; and in the denial of the transcendent, which places a low ceiling on the child’s developing spirit and mind. But Esolen doesn’t stop at pointing out the problem; he offers clear solutions as well. With charming stories from his own boyhood and an assist from the master authors and thinkers of the Western tradition, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child is a welcome respite from the overwhelming banality of contemporary culture. Interwoven throughout this indispensable guide to child rearing is a rich tapestry of the literature, music, art, and thought that once enriched the lives of American children. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child confronts contemporary trends in parenting and schooling by reclaiming lost traditions. This practical, insightful book is essential reading for any parent who cares about the paltry thing that childhood has become, and who wants to give a child something beyond the dull drone of today’s culture.
Author | : John Piper |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433502755 |
John Piper poignantly shares what God wants us to know about his sovereignty and Christ's supremacy when we encounter sin or tragedy.
Author | : Kent Crockett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Church controversies |
ISBN | : 9781467532945 |