Pastor As Person Quotes

“Since God gives us grace day by day, our response is with our whole life, day by day. The way we choose to live the days of our lives is our way of saying thanks to God. Christian commitment is therefore not a way to be assured of salvation. Commitment as a Christian is on the resurrection side of the cross. It is a free choice made by those who have already been chosen in Christ.”
― Gary L. Harbaugh, Pastor as Person: Maintaining Personal Integrity In The Choices & Challenges Of Ministry

“even our best efforts to control our lives are ultimately not good enough. Christ alone is the solid rock on which a (w)holistic response to stress can stand. Stress reminds us of our limitations, and our limitations remind us of our mortality. An appropriate and adequate response to pastoral stress must recognize the existential questions that are raised, the human responsibility to use what God has given us, and the theological truth that in and of ourselves we can do nothing.”
― Gary L. Harbaugh, Pastor as Person: Maintaining Personal Integrity In The Choices & Challenges Of Ministry