The Pastor's Soul Quotes

“If you want to make virtually any believer feel inadequate, ask him about his prayer life.”
― Brian Croft, The Pastor's Soul: The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

“The question has nothing to do with the size of your church but with you—as a man. The first issue is not whether my decline is noticeable to others and has affected my public ministry, but who am I and what am I before God when no one is watching?”
― Brian Croft, The Pastor's Soul: The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

“Food, and what we use it for, can be a very insightful gaze into the state of our souls. It is for me.”
― Brian Croft, The Pastor's Soul: The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

“The most courageous pastors are the ones who don’t perform, but rest in their identity in Christ and live in the freedom of being themselves before their people.”
― Brian Croft, The Pastor's Soul: The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

“appearance of evil. For example, it is hard to accuse a pastor of having an affair if everyone knows that a pastor will not be alone in a room with another woman other than his wife.”
― Brian Croft, The Pastor's Soul: The Call and Care of an Undershepherd