Paul wants the Thessalonians to be protected from evil from within and without. The evil they face takes the forms of persection (chapter 1), false teaching (chapter 2) and false living (chapter 3). What Paul writes about church discipline in … Read more
Tag: Pastoral care
Why are our pastors getting sick? 1. The list
We need and want people to offer for ordained ministry yet we also know that clergy are burning out and leaving ministry or taking early retirement in increasing numbers. The question we want to ask and seek answers to in
Colossians 1:9-13. Discernment in pastoral care
In pastoral care discerning God, discerning others and discerning ourselves is risky, hard, troubled but essential work. Our Bibles help us with the three types of discernment we need to better understand God’s work in the world, the people around … Read more