Trench Talk

(01:40) Setting up the topic and biblical foundation(05:37) Appropriate sermon length: considering the setting, hearers, and your own experience(14:40) Growing in editing(18:41) Expositional preaching and the pressure to comment on every verse(23:30) Awareness of time in preaching(29:07) Avoiding sloppiness in sermon prep(32:45) Final words and prayer

Contact us we’d love to serve youGive financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Resources(01:36) Biblical framework and Setting up the topic(06:13) Connection to seminary(10:00) Know your English bible(12:59) Teach a children’s Sunday School class(14:19) The care and cultivation of your own soul(17:04) Caring for those who are hurting(24:45) Develop instincts to care for people(27:30) Final word and prayer

Contact us we’d love to serve youGive financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyResources(02:19) Setting up the topic and Biblical Framework(06:33) Other life circumstances matter (08:29) Expectations of functions of the pastors(12:40) Expectations of lay pastors(16:15) Expectations of time for lay pastors(20:05) Expectations for deacons(25:46) Ways to recognize and acknowledge those who support the work of ministry(29:19) Final word and prayer

(02:23) Biblical background and setting up the topic(08:42) Evaluating your preaching ministry(12:35) Ministry of the Word, private and public(19:30) Effectiveness as you grow older in ministry(22:44) Knowing our gifting in ministry to be effective(25:37) How should people leaving our church cause us to evaluate our effectiveness(31:37) Final word and prayer

Listen to part 1 with George McDearmonContact us we’d love to serve youGive financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(01:13) Jim introduces George McDearmon(02:49) Details of his ministry: the size of the congregation and its community(05:15) The call to ministry: internal aspirations and character externally confirmed by a local church(07:41) What is the role of seminary in the call to ministry?(10:16) How convictions changed over time(11:39) Jim’s response seminary at the recommendation from George, breadth in ministry, etc. (14:38) Being a small church with kingdom impact(21:25) God’s providence in 2 church plants(24:55) Biblical priorities for a pastor(31:47) Caring for your own soul in ministry: relationship with the Lord, his family, and physical exercise(39:41) Final words and prayer

Contact us we’d love to serve youGive financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(01:19) Jim introduces George McDearmon(03:10) Getting to know George McDearmon(07:24) The call to ministry and beginning in the work(14:16) Joys of shepherding a church for 46-years(19:16) Challenges of shepherding a church for 46-years (23:28) Challenges to your family in ministry(26:19) Knowing when it was time to transition from pastoring (35:09) Life after full time ministry(39:33) Jim reflects on this conversation(41:10) Prayer

Contact us we’d love to serve youApply to stay at the Shepherd’s HouseExplore the Practically Trained Pastors Cohort NOW in Spanish! Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(01:39) Setting up the conversation(04:14) Biblical foundation: Making the best of the opportunities(08:08) Reasons pastors are devalued as they get older(09:19) The cool and young culture(11:08) What is trying to be accomplished in the church(13:49) Pastors pivoting as they get older(14:48) Essentials and circumstances(17:41) Doing ministry in weakness as long as you can(22:13) Build, stabilize, transition(26:33) Transitioning from full-time ministry in a local church(31:02) Potential fruitfulness in the second half of your ministry(37:48) Final word and prayer

Contact us we’d love to serve youGive financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(01:25) Setting up the conversation and biblical foundation(06:42) Practical steps to develop a church budget(11:08) Steps to take when your church doesn’t meet budget(18:58) Creative ways to meet shortfalls while not compromising mission(24:45) When pastors disagree on spending categories(31:17) When the pastor’s salary is being questioned(36:20) An encouragement to pastors when money is tight(39:00) Final word and prayer

Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveContact us we’d love to serve youExplore our online resourcesFind rest at a Shepherd’s House location nearest youWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(02:12) Biblical background and setting up the topic(08:42) Moral clarity or Gospel clarity?(12:20) Practical ways to balance the tension(13:02) What kind of ministry do you want? Word-centered or world-centered(15:40) Train your people to love everyone who enters the doors of your church(17:46) Be knowledgeable about who your congregation is (20:48) Preach pastorally for the good of your people(22:37) Remember love involves hard things(29:30) Final words and prayer

Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thriveContact us we’d love to serve youExplore our online resourcesFind rest at a Shepherd’s House location nearest youWrite a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify(01:58) Biblical foundation and setting up the topic (2 Timothy 2:2)(06:43) Finding mentors as a young man(12:23) Impact of mentors in your early adulthoodEp. 199 with Austin WalkerEp. 200 with Mai Walker (17:57) The impact of finding a mentor mid-ministry(24:22) Benefitting from the mentors of others(26:08) Advice for finding a mentor: have a posture of teachability(30:51) Reasons you should find an older man to be mentored by(38:42) Final word and prayerIf you are looking for a ministry mentor contact us. We would love to connect you to a faithful ministry mentor.