We’ve all seen the funny home videos of weddings gone wrong. The groom feints, the best man loses the rings, the bride trips down the aisle, or somebody knocks over a candle, lighting the church on fire. There are a lot of ways a wedding can go wrong. And pastors aren’t perfect either. There are plenty…
“Will you perform our wedding?” Few questions bring a greater sense of honor and anxiety wrapped into one. As a pastor for ten years, I’ve performed my share of weddings, and I still get a bit nervous. So if you’ve never done it before, it’s incredibly intimidating. So how do you perform a wedding? Here’s…
When I first became a pastor, I knew that performing weddings was part of the job. But nobody ever taught me how to do it in Bible college. You’d think that would be a requirement. So when a young couple asked me to officiant their wedding, I panicked. I’d never done a wedding before! Where…
Most of us know what our priorities should be. If we were to take a test about it, most of us would pass. But the real test is what we do under the pressure of our daily lives. When we have to choose one thing over another, our real priorities show. In his book, Essentialism,…
Every marriage erodes without work. Think about it. When you first met your future husband or wife, you were hyper alert. Your heart beat faster. Your brain analyzed everything. You thought about your looks, your words, your actions, and how it all might appear to them. You worked hard to pursue and woo. But then,…
Some pastors get fired for a good reason. They had a moral failing and no longer lived up to the requirements of 1 Tim 3:1-7. But I’ve known a lot of faithful men and women working in churches who were let go for lesser reasons. They… Didn’t grow the ministry fast enough. Didn’t fit a specific…
Both Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley left a huge impact on the landscape of Christian history. But only one of them had a positive impact on their marriage. Steve Farrar explains it like this: Jonathan Edwards had a marriage made in heaven. John Wesley had a marriage that was living hell. Both men were born…
Marriage is hard and affairs come easy. Today, an affair is just a mouse click away. But the reality of an affair is always worse than temptation’s promise. True story: He called himself “Prince of Joy.” In an Internet chat room, he met a young lady whose screen name was “Sweetie.” Over the next few…
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