Podcast: On the latest episode of The Hero of the Story, Andy McLean steps in to discuss the need for gospel purity in student ministry. This was a fun (and challenging) conversation), so I hope you’ll check it out.
Seven Marks of a Workaholic
David Murray:
Workaholism is probably the most respectable sin in the Christian community, and maybe especially among pastors. In this Harvard Business Review podcast (and transcript) Nancy Rothbard, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvaniaâs Wharton School, âdraws a distinction between workaholism and working long hours. She explains the health consequences of being addicted to your work. She also gives practical advice for managing work addiction, whether itâs you whoâs suffering, your direct report, boss, peer, or partner.â
Ask Ligonier with Sinclair Ferguson: Live at 7pm ET
This will be interesting.
What Seminary Didnât Teach Ray Ortlund
The Humble Leader
Eric Geiger:
So how can leaders recognize our drift from humility to pride?
Look for entitlement. Entitlement always rises as pride rises. It is impossible to be filled with humility and a sense of entitlement at the same time. Whenever we feel we are owed something, it is because we have forgotten that God is the One who gives all good things.
Give Us Two Years, and Weâll Change the World
JD Greear:
This month we are commissioning the 1,000th Summit Church member to go out with one of our church planting teams, many of those having been compelled by our two-year challenge. Dream about this: What would it look like if every Southern Baptist college student accepted this challenge and pursued the first two years of his or her career in conjunction with a Southern Baptist church plant? Can you imagine the catalyst this would provide for church planting? NAMB and IMB have identified cities and regions ready to host these students, retirees, and others ready to transplant their lives for the sake of gospel mobilization.
On Meetings that Should be Emails: How to Handle Time-Wasters
Joel Rainey:
ou simply cannot allow your timeâpossibly the most precious commodity you have to giveâto be stolen by people and events that will keep you from doing what you know God has called you to do. It may seem cold, but the fact is that the world is full of time-wastersâpeople who will suck the life out of you, and the effectiveness out of your ministry. When you allow that to happen, everyone you serve suffers for it. Conversely, when you refuse to give in, it may seem at first like the time-waster is suffering. But in reality, maybe he or she will learn as lesson as well.
Are we both âoldâ and ânewâ at the same time?
A favorite from the archives:
Itâs one of the perennial problems of the Christian life: Iâm supposed to be a new person, but I donât really feel like it. My struggles are still there. I keep sinning even when I donât want toâam I doing something wrong?
This is a problem Iâve dealt with for pretty much my entire life as a Christian, and I donât expect to stop having days when I go to bed thinking, âman, I really blew it todayâŚâ (Not that I want to do this, mind you; I just expect it.)