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No Neutral Words: The Pastor’s Investment and Stewardship of His Most Precious and Powerful Tool
What if I told you there’s a budget in your life and ministry other than your finances and time—one that you’re just as accountable for but are likely overlooking?
As a pastor and ministry leader, you no doubt conceptualize your ministry in terms of financial stewardship. You no doubt feel the weight of stewarding and maintaining your church’s financial budget. Further, we could even extend the pastor’s budget concept to also include a “time budget.” I trust you’re comfortable thinking in these terms. We’re all too aware of how easy time can be flitted away. We have no quarrel on the stewardship of either of these points. But what if we sought to steward our talk and our words just as closely as we do our money and time?
The aim of No Neutral Word is to convince you to consider your “word budget” and show you that every single word you speak is an eternal investment in your hearers for either life or death. The life or death investments spoken by you into others, pastor, is your move.
As a pastor and ministry leader, you no doubt conceptualize your ministry in terms of financial stewardship. You no doubt feel the weight of stewarding and maintaining your church’s financial budget. Further, we could even extend the pastor’s budget concept to also include a “time budget.” I trust you’re comfortable thinking in these terms. We’re all too aware of how easy time can be flitted away. We have no quarrel on the stewardship of either of these points. But what if we sought to steward our talk and our words just as closely as we do our money and time?
The aim of No Neutral Word is to convince you to consider your “word budget” and show you that every single word you speak is an eternal investment in your hearers for either life or death. The life or death investments spoken by you into others, pastor, is your move.
142 pages, Paperback
Published December 10, 2021
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December 13, 2021
Was glad to endorse this book:
"You need to read this book, not because Sam tells pastors what they want to hear but because he tells them what they need to hear, using his words wisely and winsomely throughout. Not only does he challenge us to think more diligently about how we use our words but also to think more diligently about what we take in, what we believe, what we think, who we are, and how we live - all of which inform the way we use our words with those we shepherd. Pastor, you needed a book like this on day one; thankfully, it's not too late to start making every word count."
"You need to read this book, not because Sam tells pastors what they want to hear but because he tells them what they need to hear, using his words wisely and winsomely throughout. Not only does he challenge us to think more diligently about how we use our words but also to think more diligently about what we take in, what we believe, what we think, who we are, and how we live - all of which inform the way we use our words with those we shepherd. Pastor, you needed a book like this on day one; thankfully, it's not too late to start making every word count."
May 14, 2026
This was a great book and very sermonic in many ways. This book strikes a great balance in being exegetically accurate and applicable to the cultural moment.
The practical tips at the end of each book are very much worth the book itself.
The practical tips at the end of each book are very much worth the book itself.
March 24, 2023
Great book with practical wisdom.
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