The Christian Ministry
About this book
After 20 years of pastoral ministry, 12 years of training pastors in seminaries, and many years of blogging and writing about pastoral issues, pastor and professor Dr. David Murray has published this book of almost 250 articles and conference addresses divided into four categories: pastoring, preaching, counseling, and leading. PASTORING: Celebrity pastors, pastoral visitation, rookie pastors, pastoral joys (and miseries), call to the ministry, leaving a church, evangelism, social media, church discipline, hate mail, caring for your body, etc. PREACHING: Sermon preparation, teaching tips, balanced preaching, evangelistic preaching, preaching without notes, and numerous articles on preaching Christ from the Old Testament. COUNSELING: Counseling training, the sufficiency of Scripture, hospital visitation, pornography, mental health, depression, stress, suicide, etc. LEADING: Church meetings, hiring, administration, workaholism, leadership types, control-freaks, etc.