@hubermanlab if you are delving into the message if the Bible, I think you will find @timkellernyc ‘s book Making Sense of God immensely helpful, as I have.
Pastor, how often do you truly grapple with the depth of your own weakness and brokenness?
Without this, your ministry will eventually drift from that of an honest shepherd to the plastic artificiality of a christianized influencer.
When Tim Keller spoke and referenced a dozen different authors that made him interesting. But his secret and experiential life with God made him spiritually electric. His intelligence made him compelling but his inner life was what made his sermons feel like a burning bush.
Our digital age has made us hyper connected, yet it has left us less capable than ever to truly bond; it has made us more isolated, yet it has also left us less and less capable of being truly alone.
Thank you @timkellernyc. The Lord has used you to shape my faith and ministry in more ways than I can say. May He give us the wisdom and courage to declare the beauty of the gospel in our fracturing world as you have done.
The more computers becomes like human beings, the more the human beings become like computers.
We are often so enamored by the new things we gain that we are blind to the things we lose.
If your methods to for “ministry growth” are indistinguishable from the methods of online business and platform growth around you then it’s not a ministry you are building.
As the pastor serves the church - one of his primary concerns should be, "If my people look into my life, will they find a rich example of healthy and faithful discipleship that they should be living?" 5/
It should be blatantly obvious that a pastors first job is to be a good christian before teaching others to be one. This means pastors devote a lot of energy to reading their Bibles, praying, battling their sins, loving their families and neighbors. 1/
A pastor can be calling out people in his congregation for being materialistic and worldly for elevating career above family and church, when he is doing essentially the same thing. It's just less obvious because in his life "church" IS "career". 4/