by Aaron McCollough | Mar 30, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
Pastors, we are engaged in one of the most noble yet frustrating contests ever known to man: Contesting with the devil while leading a local congregation of Christians. In the heat of the battle we sometimes lose our perspective, our thought process becomes...
by Aaron McCollough | Mar 9, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
The following is excerpts from an article posted to www.digginghistory.com, written by Sharon Hall. “Luther Burgess Bridgers was born in North Carolina on February 14, 1884 … After receiving his ordination as a Methodist Episcopal minister; Luther served as a pastor...
by Aaron McCollough | Mar 2, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
My Encouraging Word to you today will be short, sweet, and to the point. Here it is: While preparing a lesson for the leadership mentoring groups I lead, I ran across a quote from General Mark Welsh III. He said, “The only ‘fingerprints’ that last are the ones you...
by Aaron McCollough | Feb 23, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
One of my preacher friends, Jonathan Pike, sent me the following. It is from Adrian Rodgers. I thought you might enjoy it. “A Greek named Demosthenes was once addressing a bored and listless audience, so he told them a story. ‘Once there was a man struggling with a...
by Aaron McCollough | Feb 16, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
I was teaching a lesson recently for the leadership mentoring groups I facilitate about the importance of “boundaries.” I used a jigsaw puzzle for an object lesson. I literally dumped a thousand piece puzzle on the table and instructed them to do the best they could...
by Aaron McCollough | Feb 2, 2017 | An Encouraging Word to Pastors: Archives
In his book, Mastering Life Before It’s Too Late, Robert J. Morgan tells a story about his friend, George Westover, who was stationed on the USS Tennessee, as it was anchored in Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. According to Morgan, the Friday night before the Sunday...
