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(02:12) Biblical background and setting up the topic

(08:42) Moral clarity or Gospel clarity?

(12:20) Practical ways to balance the tension

(13:02) What kind of ministry do you want? Word-centered or world-centered

(15:40) Train your people to love everyone who enters the doors of your church

(17:46) Be knowledgeable about who your congregation is

(20:48) Preach pastorally for the good of your people

(22:37) Remember love involves hard things

(29:30) Final words and prayer

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(01:58) Biblical foundation and setting up the topic (2 Timothy 2:2)

(06:43) Finding mentors as a young man

(12:23) Impact of mentors in your early adulthood

Ep. 199 with Austin Walker

Ep. 200 with Mai Walker

(17:57) The impact of finding a mentor mid-ministry

(24:22) Benefitting from the mentors of others

(26:08) Advice for finding a mentor: have a posture of teachability

(30:51) Reasons you should find an older man to be mentored by

(38:42) Final word and prayer

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(01:36) Biblical foundation and setting up the topic

(06:36) The pastoral struggle with delegation and administration

(09:34) Two pastors: too much or too little administration

(18:04) The importance of administration

(23:43) Practicing and growing in administration

(32:18) Final word and prayer

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(01:33) Setting up the topic and biblical framework

(07:15) Distinguishing sufferings

(11:55) Important questions: Who are you?, how do you live?, and how do we suffer well?

(16:51) Pastoring in the realities of grief and death with the goodness of God

(21:11) Public versus private handling of these crises

(23:30) Tension between focus on the eternal and today

(30:05) Practical ways to prepare your people to suffer well

(32:17) Final word and Prayer

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(01:37) Setting up the topic and biblical framework

(07:31) The pressure of how much do you say or not say?

(09:42) Handling congregational pressures

(13:12) Distinguishing pastoral responsibility, and responsibility as a citizen

(17:52) Should church members vote in elections?

(22:58) Should you encourage your members to vote for a particular candidate?

(32:19) Determining your line as a pastor in a local church

(33:29) Final word and prayer

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(02:07) Biblical understanding

(13:59) Ways to discern warfare versus failure

(19:33) Signs the enemy is attacking the church

(24:22) Combatting fights from the enemy

(35:27) Final word and prayer

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(03:19) Biblical understanding and setting up the conversation

(06:43) Strive to master the Bible

(09:48) Perfect your preaching craft

(12:54) Learn to wisely access and digest information

(16:48) Learn from a wise older mentor and mentor a younger pastor

(18:44) Cultivate an intellectual and biblical curiosity

(23:22) Audit formal theological courses

(25:41) Develop a new hobby

(27:04) final word and prayer

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(03:41) Biblical Framework and setting up the conversation

(08:01) The misconception that good theology protects us from falling

(10:57) The misconception that being older protects us from falling

(13:42) The combustible nature of our own heart—1 Corinthians 10

(19:18) Genuine safeguards to stand and be accountable

(24:52) Protecting and shepherding the flock when a prominent pastor falls

(28:04) Final word and prayer