Trench Talk

Show Notes:Find us on iTunes or SpotifyContact us and Recommend a Podcast Topic(2:20) Biblical Foundation for Leading during an Election Year(5:00) Bring an eternal mindset to civics, politics, and all things.(10:11) differences within evangelicalism (and our churches) when it comes to politics and social issues?(14:30) Prepare and encourage your congregation(16:15) Important issues in a political (and biblical) platform(26:00) Hope in God(27:45) Final words

Show Notes:Find us on iTunes(3:15) The Biblical understanding of apostacy(6:45) The Pastoral responsibility to shepherd each soul(11:00) The necessity of the Christian connected to the Church(19:00) Should you discipline the member who doesn’t want to be pursued(23:45) Final words and Prayer

Show Notes:Support the Ministry(2:25) The desire for a multigenerational church(10:55) Living life with them(13:00) The power of the Word and the one who brings it(17:00) Paul’s three-fold exhortation(19:15) An older shepherd with younger a flock(22:22) Unique joys of shepherding

Show Notes:Visit us at practicalshepherding.comPlease leave a review on iTunes or Spotify(1:30) an Issue of Biblical Sufficiency(5:20) The essentials and the circumstances of worship(19:30) How should pastors plan for the next 6-months?(26:40) Thinking creatively about new ministry

Find us on iTunes or Spotify.Contact us.Support the Ministry.(5:15) They should feel confident in your competence to handle their trouble in a biblical way(5:50) This is cultivated by a healthy relationship and established trust between members and their pastor(7:45) Don’t wait for them to come to you, go to them(9:10) Lloyd-Jones “could assess better through question and answer than by a stethoscope”(10:30) Not sharing details from pastoral conversations from the pulpit, but sharing personal vulnerability(12:15) Be inviting but not pushy(17:00) How to create this culture so that it trickles down to the congregation

Show Notes:2021 Replant Cohort RegistrationContact us(2:45) Biblical Understanding of corporate Prayer(10:45) Pay attention to prayer(11:30) Prayer as more than a transition(14:00) Paul’s example of prayers(16:30) “Preaching” prayers(18:50) Gathered Worship and the “Pastoral” Prayer(26:00) Teaching the congregation how to pray(32:00) Praying as not to overwhelm

Find us on iTunesFREE 40-Week 2021 Replant Cohort ApplicationBrian’s Transition Announcement(7:30) Avoiding the typical transition(9:00) A proper and biblical ecclesiology(11:50) Prepare to leave long before you leave(25:25) Make sure there are other pastors to faithfully shepherd(26:15) What if you feel you cannot leave?(28:30) Should I stay or should I go?

(00:30) Write a review on iTunes(2:30) We keep them poor and God will keep them humble(6:45) Negative examples of higher pay for ministers(11:00) Being mindful in our contexts and callings(18:30) Pastors wrestling through financial issues with their church(21:00) Final words and wisdom on these things

How much should our families determine where we go in ministry? How do you balance leading your family and following at times in ministry? What might a pastor’s wife struggle with in ministry situations? Pastor, are you caring for your wife as you would other members (or worse) or are you treating her as your wife? Brian Croft and Jim Savastio answer these, and many more on this episode of Trench Talk.

Show Notes:Find us on iTunesSupport the ministry of Practical Shepherding(1:52) Biblical Texts that inform our social media use(5:18) Blessings of Social Media(23:40) Curses of Social Media(28:30) Final Thoughts