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For this episode, we want to pull back the curtain on what pastors do. Pastors sometimes wonder whether what they do matters at all.

It does.

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EPISODE NOTES

Notes and resources relevant to this episode:

The reference to ‘Chloe’s people’ is in 1 Corinthians 1:11, and to the fact that ministry is not in vain is in 1 Corinthians 15:58.

Regarding logic ruling out belief in what we cannot see, Lewis has this to say: “Nothing is more probable,” said the Professor, taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them, while he muttered to himself, “I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.” C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (United States: HarperCollins Publishers, 1978), p. 50.

Podcast music provided by Over the Rhine, and used with permission.
Intro: “All My Favorite People” / Lyrics
Outro: “Called Home” / Lyrics

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