Darryl Dash's Blog, page 63
October 31, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
In this post, I want to provide a few simple recommendations for those who are considering stepping away from the ministry.
Sabbath: An Enduring Principle For the Soul
The Sabbath principle is not just another rule to keep. It’s an opportunity God is providing to enjoy him more.
Four Ways to Practice Pandemic Hospitality
Here are four ways that could you practice hospitality within your circles and neighbourhood this ...
October 27, 2020
Surviving as Pastors
When pundits talk about what it will take to lead the post-COVID church, I usually hear about ministry tweaks we’ll need to make. As much as I appreciate these tweaks, I believe we need to go deeper. We’ll need pastors who have learned to maintain healthy souls in the middle of the chaos in the post-COVID church.
At the beginning of this crisis, Andy Couch and others predicted that “we are most likely facing a blizzard today, a winter for the next few months, and a little ice age for year...
October 24, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
The crisis is that our public square is manufacturing cultural resentments far more efficiently than it’s building character. What we lack in ideas we compensate for in enemies.
The online church service pales in comparison to the physical gathering on Sundays.
13 Marks of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Preaching according to J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer listed thirteen aspects to Lloyd-Jones preaching, that ...
October 20, 2020
Rethink Your Self
Want to improve your life? The solution is simple: find yourself by looking within yourself. Follow your heart. Chase your dreams. Live your truth. You are enough. Be true to yourself.
This way of thinking dominates our culture. It’s our default way of thinking. It’s so embedded within us that we can’t even imagine an alternative. It’s in Disney movies, self-help books, and schools. It’s even in the church. We can use spirituality as part of our quest to look within ourselves.
But evid...
October 17, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
What Does It Mean to ‘Fill Up What’s Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions’?
What could possibly be lacking in Christ’s afflictions? And in any case, how on earth could Paul fill them up?
Why This May Be the Most Offensive Verse in the Bible
I’m convinced that there’s one Bible verse that, when rightly understood, proves most offensive to people whose sensibilities have been shaped by Western notions of inclusivity and freedom.
October 13, 2020
In Praise of the Average Pastor
Few search committees look for one. Few young men aspire to become one. But it’s what most churches need. I’m grateful for the average pastor.
You know the one. He never won a preaching award in seminary. He will never sound like Matt Chandler or John Piper. He knows he could be better at almost every part of pastoring. He often feels inadequate when he compares himself to those who are more gifted, and those who have bigger ministries. Books weary him sometimes, not because he resists le...
October 10, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
The Cure for Celebrity Christian Culture: Faithfulness over Fame
It’s a huge mistake to believe what people think about you. That’s why we have to set aside people’s opinions of us. We have to know who we are—and who we aren’t—in God’s eyes.
4 Keys to a Heart-Level Discipleship
Here are four ways to take your personal discipleship deeper, beyond the mind to the level of the heart.
Three Places God’s Feet Touched the Ground
Here are three ...
October 6, 2020
Hoping for Happiness
When I was a kid, my role models were serious. They smiled occasionally, but when they talked about God they stopped smiling. God is serious. To become holy, I guessed, meant that one stopped caring about happiness.
I was confused. The Bible talked a lot about joy and gladness, and so did the songs we sang. But I didn’t see a lot of that as I looked around me.
I made sense of things by focusing on the verses that talked about denying ourselves, although I still wondered about all the o...
October 3, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Stop Eulogizing The Local Church
Stop eulogizing the church. Jesus has already overcome death, hell, and the grave, and he has no intention of allowing death to come calling for his bride.
Don’t give up pastor. You have permission to be the pastor you always wanted to be.
There are some things a pastor can do that can contribute to more happiness in the ministry. Here are a few.
September 29, 2020
The Next Big Thing
A guest post by Ashley Hibbard
30 years ago, Church Leadership was going to fix our problems and get us moving in the right direction so all the people would come to Jesus.
20 years ago, seeker churches were going to make church fun and cool and all the people would come to Jesus.
10 years ago, the anti-church “just get together and hang out” folks were going to round up all the people who thought church was boring and bring them to Jesus
And today we’ve got disciple-making movem...
