Audio from our 2021 Shepherds Conference: The Good Soldier. Session 1, "The Pastor is a Soldier," by Pastor Tim Bayly.

Ministry is warfare. Pastors are soldiers enlisted by the Lord: "Suffer hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." Men who fight, command, and lead aren’t popular today, but the pastor isn’t working for popularity with women and men. He only has eyes for God. So he humbles himself to fight, but it’s hard not to pick the wrong battles with the wrong enemies at the wrong times. Fighting takes the sort of wisdom that develops with time. Through an exposition of 2 Timothy 2:1-7, Pastor Bayly lays the groundwork for understanding ministry as warfare.