Two Kinds of Pastors

There are lots of bad ways to pastor, and one counter-intuitive good way.

It’s tempting to pastor without a robust set of convictions. It’s easy to pastor while keeping an eye out for increasing one’s Twitter followers. It’s tempting to want to create a name for ourselves outside of our local church. So many things come easily that shouldn’t: appealing to the lowest common denominator, preaching to the podcast rather than the people in the pews, rushing through the week without adequately fee...