SERMONS ON PASTOR ANNIVERSARY
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Leading Like Jesus (5 of 11)
by Dave Gustavsen
Some of you sports fans will remember back in 1993, there was a Nike commercial starring Charles Barkley. Charles Barkley was a great basketball player. And in the commercial, the famous line by Charles Barkley was ''I am not a…'' can you finish it? ''I am not a role model.'' And his point was, ''I'm a basketball player! Stop looking at me as some kind of a role model for your kids! I'm paid to play basketball; now leave me alone and let me do what I'm good at.'' And that commercial sparked this big debate about whether professional athletes should view themselves as role models. This past week, the debate was...
The Pastor and His Call
by Curt Dodd
Here in this second servant's song commentators have debated for years who is this servant of the Lord? Some have felt like this passage is dealing with Israel, describing the nation of Israel being that one individual that God is talking about as a nation, but there is a problem as you look at verses 5 and 6. That's not exactly where He is going. Some have thought it is a servant who co-exists with Israel and is distinct from it and has a ministry to perform to Israel, that makes more sense than other recommendations and you and I both know that the servant of the Lord is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and his church. As Isaiah...
Profrait Of A Pastor
by Jerry Vines
"The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." If you were going to paint the picture of a pastor, how would you paint it? If you were going to write a description of a pastor how would you...
The Pastor's Prayer for the People of God
by Miles Seaborn
Introduction: Many Christians wonder, ''What is the Pastor really like inside himself, in his spirit, his innermost thoughts? How does he feel? How does he express himself before the Lord? How does he react to God's people? For some people see only the pastor's one side and don't really know what is on his heart. ILL. Sometimes the desire to know the pastor's heart comes from good motivations and bad motivations.(Travis Harp who said he was not comfortable unless the pastor was his friend and in his home, and stopped by to drink coffee with him and just really be his bosom buddy. I discerned his motivation was not so much...
The Heart of a Great Pastor
by Marvin D. Patterson
God looks over the millions of people and says 'Welcome to Heaven. I want the women to go with Saint Peter, and the men to form two lines. Make one line of the men that dominated their women on earth, and the other of men who were dominated by their women.' There's much movement, but eventually the women are gone and there are two lines. The line of the men that were dominated is 100 miles long. The line of men that dominated women has only one man. God gets angry and says, 'You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in my image and you were all dominated by your mates. Look at...
The Picture of a Pastor (17 of 18)
by J. Gerald Harris
When you begin to think of the typical pastor, what kind of image do you conjure up in your mind? I don't know what kind of image surfaces in your mind, because I'm not sure what kind of image the laity has of the clergy. You may think we are a strange breed that passes all understanding. I don't know. Maybe we are. I probably have a better understanding of the kind of images a clergyman conjures up in his mind about himself and about his role in life. For example, I know some pastors who believe they are redeemers. They have a messiah complex. There are a lot of pastors who get caught up in this at one time or another...
How to Love Your Pastor
by Rex Yancey
It is a joy to be a part of this pastor installation service. I enjoyed my ministry here and did my best to prepare you for this special time. I had the opportunity to know several pastor's at Belleview Baptist Church in Memphis. I remember Ramsey Pollard who followed Dr. R. G. Lee. He told one pastor several years ago, ''After 47 years in the ministry, it is harder to be a pastor today than at any time in my life.'' Keep in mind that after his ten year ministry, Adrian Rogers served there more than twenty years, and now Steve Gains has been there for several years. The ministry has long been filled with hardships, but never...
A Pastor Prays for His People (3 of 16)
by Stan Coffey
Now one of the things that you cannot help but notice as you read the writings of the apostle Paul is the fact that Paul is a man who is mighty in prayer. It is true that you can tell much about the life of a Christian from examining his life of prayer. And it seems that time after time in his writings under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul the apostle reaches colossus height as he prayed. I believe the highest point of his prayer is in the book of Romans when he comes to pray for his own Jewish people. And he says in that prayer, ''I would even be willing to go to hell if it would mean that my people, my kinsmen in the flesh, could...
A Good Minister
by Jerry Watts
The applicant will serve as manager, administrator, and correspondent. HE WILL: have experience as a preacher, teacher, and also as an evangelist, be a competent writer and speech maker, and will serve as a decorative piece at public functions, have experience as a social worker, counselor, spiritual advisor, visitor of the sick, and comforter of the bereaved, serve as theologian in residence, interpreter of the church at large, and official delegate to all conferences, and serve as a one-man emergency squad. The subject of today's message is; ''What makes a good minister.'' Here's is something J-man...
Pastors and the People Who Follow (29 of 29)
by Robert Dawson
Some husbands are absolutely clueless. A fact that I know comes with no surprise to the wives in here today. Husbands live life at an extreme disadvantage, especially when it comes to buying and giving gifts to their wives. No matter how hard they try or what they buy it seems they come up a little short. They mean well but that doesn't earn them as many points as they would like and hope for. The problem isn't all on them. They just don't know. They just can't figure things out. It is a little like playing the lottery, which I don't recommend. You may get lucky one out of a million and hit the jackpot but most of the time...
The Need for Shepherds, Pastors and Elders (5 of 6)
by Jason Dees
Valleydale / Iron City it is so good to be back with you. Since I saw you last on June 28th I have been in Canada, Turkey, and Moldova and as much as I love seeing what God is doing all over the world, I love to come back home to the church that I have been called to serve, and so it is great to be with you today. Last Sunday I know you had the great joy of hearing from Matt Robinson, who is one of the great stories and great joys of our pastoral internship program. Matt was in our first group of pastoral interns or pastoral residents and he showed so much promise as a pastor and leader that we brought him on staff last year...
Qualifications Of A Sound Pastor (1 Of 2)
by Harley Howard
This lesson is designed to reveal clearly that the Lord is not silent on the issue of the caliber of men He wants to oversee His people. The two clearest passages in scripture are First Timothy chapter three and Titus chapter one. We will examine both of these chapters. - First Timothy 3:1-7 - 1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Continuing his instructions on how the church should conduct itself, Paul turned to the crucial matter of leadership qualifications. He wanted to encourage respect for the congregation's leaders, so he cited what was apparently a familiar...
When Searching for a Pastor (2 of 8)
by Jeff Schreve
All right. If you have your Bible, please turn to the Book of Titus. Titus is right before Philemon, which is right before Hebrews. We started a series a couple of weeks ago on the Book of Titus. It's an interesting little book and it's one of the Pastoral Epistles. Paul was writing. He wrote two letters to Timothy, his child in the faith, and then also to Titus. I want to ask you a question. How many in here have ever served on a Pastor Search Committee, can I see your hand? You've served on a Pastor Search Committee. You know what I have found? I have been a pastor now for a little over 16 years and I've talked to several...
How To Evaluate Your Pastor (1 of 10)
by Bob Ingle
Did you bring your bible? Hold'em up and keep'em up. Jesus prayed for His disciples in John 17:17: 'Father sanctify them with the truth...Your Word is truth.'' 'Sanctify' means to 'set apart'. Before the truth sets you free, it sets you apart. It demands that you see differently, think differently, believe differently, and live differently than the rest of the world. The way that the truth sets you free is that it sets you apart. You cannot be set apart and will you will not be set free without this Word. So, we gather consistently as a church, not to have a pep rally to tell each how great we are and feel good about ourselves, but to hear the...
The Dream Church Of Every Pastor, Part 1 (2 Of 6)
by Ernest Easley
Now as you’re finding the book of 1st Thessalonians, let me remind you that the church there was started by Paul during his second missionary journey. And don’t think it took him a long time to establish a church there. His was a brief stay: Acts 17.2, ‘‘Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures.’’ Only three Sabbaths! Now apparently, Paul was there longer than three weeks. 1 Thess 2.9, ‘‘For you remember brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.’’ Paul was there...
Peter's Word to the Pastor
by Marvin D. Patterson
Jonah and the Whale - One day, a teacher was talking to her first grade class about whales when a little girl had a question. Little Girl: ''Do whales swallow people?'' Teacher: ''No, even though they are much bigger than a person, they have throat pleats that filter their food of krill and plankton. Little Girl: ''But Mrs. Thurston says Jonah was swallowed by a whale.'' Teacher getting angry: ''Blue whales cannot swallow people.'' Little Girl: ''Well, when I get to heaven I'll just ask Jonah if he was really swallowed by a whale.'' Teacher, still red with anger: ''What if Jonah went to hell?'' Girl: ''Well, then you can ask him.'' A joke about Creation...
The Parent's and Pastor's Joy
by Charles H. Spurgeon
John speaks of himself as though he were a father, and, therefore, we concede to parents the right to use the language of the text. Sure am I that many of you here present, both mothers and fathers, can truly say, "We have no greater joy than to hear that our children walk in truth." But John was not after the flesh the father of those of whom he was writing; he was their spiritual father, it was through his ministry that they had been brought into the new life; his relationship to them was that he had been the instrument of their conversion, and had afterward displayed a father's care in supplying them with heavenly food and...
