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So if . . . a separation exists between what we teach others and how we live, what can we do to close the gap? . . . 1) Require Yourself to Sit Under Your Own Teaching and Preaching . . . 2) Confess Publicly to Your Own Struggle . . . 3) Place Yourself Under Wise and Biblical Counsel . . . 4) Be Approachable to Your Friends and Family . . . 5) Build a Humbly Candid Leadership Community.

It is the belief . . . that my private and ministry lives are not intimately and causally connected. . . . But the New Testament has no place for a pastor's ever beginning to believe that he is two separate people: the private man at home and the public man in the pulpit. . . . So when Paul lays out the qualifications for eldership, one of the places he tells you to go and look is the pastor's home.

It's hard to trust someone who speaks much but doesn't listen well. It's hard to trust someone who is quick to critique but does not receive criticism very well. It's hard to trust someone who is confrontational and unapproachable at the same time. . . . It's hard to trust someone who preaches what he appears to think that he doesn't need.