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(01:33) Setting up the topic and biblical framework

(07:15) Distinguishing sufferings

(11:55) Important questions: Who are you?, how do you live?, and how do we suffer well?

(16:51) Pastoring in the realities of grief and death with the goodness of God

(21:11) Public versus private handling of these crises

(23:30) Tension between focus on the eternal and today

(30:05) Practical ways to prepare your people to suffer well

(32:17) Final word and Prayer

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(01:37) Setting up the topic and biblical framework

(07:31) The pressure of how much do you say or not say?

(09:42) Handling congregational pressures

(13:12) Distinguishing pastoral responsibility, and responsibility as a citizen

(17:52) Should church members vote in elections?

(22:58) Should you encourage your members to vote for a particular candidate?

(32:19) Determining your line as a pastor in a local church

(33:29) Final word and prayer

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(03:07) Biblical support for caring for seasonal visitors

(05:57) Practical ways to welcome seasonal visitors

(09:47) What a church should share/not share with seasonal guests

(18:13) Showing hospitality to frequent visitors who don’t intend to join

(24:00) Embracing being a sending church

(29:25) Showing hospitality to frequent visitors who might intend to join

(34:50) Final word and prayer

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(2:26) Biblical Foundation for pastoral fatigue

(9:01) Sundays: Why Mondays are the way they are

(11:11) When fatigue, exhaustion, emotion ever set in on Sundays

(12:18) How Mondays looked for Brian

(16:50) How Sunday nights and Mondays looked for Jim

(21:00) Did you ever feel like quitting?

(23:01) Two things that change the way you handle Sunday evenings and Mondays

(25:15) Encouragement for your ministry of the Word

(27:00) Closing Prayer

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(2:08) Biblical Foundation

(7:20) The pastoral loss of people

(13:20) The joy of former structures of fellowship

(19:03) The loss of the regular rhythm of pastoral ministry

(24:55) The loss of in-home hospitality

(29:22) The loss of the pastor’s right to an opinion

(33:45) Final thoughts and prayer

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(01:58) The biblical foundation for pastors and deacons

(07:11) Identifying men called for leadership both reactive and proactive

(13:00) Importance and requirement of church involvement

(16:30) Things Brian and Jim look for before mentoring a young man

(23:28) Discerning when to keep and when to send those who you’ve trained

(29:40) Final words

(33:03) Prayer

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(2:26) Biblical Foundation for Sabbaticals

(6:38) The difference between vacation and sabbatical

(10:30) Brian’s Sabbatical and Jim’s Questions

(20:35) Jim’s Sabbatical and Brian’s Questions

(34:24) Guiding Principles for taking a sabbatical

(41:10) Final words and Prayer

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(2:23) Biblical Background of Patience

(5:32) Scriptural passages that exhort to patience

(7:11) Patience in ministry when dealing with things

(13:15) Patience in ministry when dealing with people

(19:00) Patience in ministry when dealing with God, and His dealing with you

(25:02) Final word and prayer

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(3:34) Biblical Background

(10:30) Preparing for a regular preaching ministry

(13:45) Reasons a pastor should leave (ministry and/or a specific church)

(26:10) Thoughts of quitting and the seeds of perseverance

(29:45) Seeking a small break to be rejuvenated

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(2:22) Biblical Understanding for teaching the gospel to children

(6:20) Ways pastors can intentionally help children and youth understand their sermons

(11:55) The model Jesus set for ministering and teaching children

(13:37) Addressing children in your sermons

(16:10) Creative ways to help children engage during gathered worship

(28:25) Final encouragement and prayer