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(02:07) Biblical framework for the discussion

(06:14) Examples of unique difficulties in ministry

(12:35) The cumulative effect of ministry hardships

(14:00) Difficulties of unmet expectations

(17:40) Why a pastor would accept the call of pastoral ministry

(22:52) Applications to endure hardships in ministry

(26:21) Final words & Prayer

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(01:58) Biblical Support for the importance of preaching

(05:29) Defining a sermon that “stinks”

(11:02) Subjectivity in sermon evaluation

(17:10) Advice for pastors who just preached a bad sermon

(21:35) Final words and prayer

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(02:08) Biblical Foundation for Rest

(03:44) Unpacking Brian’s tweet

(07:24) Things that keep us from “shutting down”

(14:30) Practical ways to put things aside

(23:25) Skills to becoming unburdened

(26:45) Final words and prayer

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(1:20) Biblical Understanding

(5:10) Discerning balancing your time between healthy and unhealthy sheep

(9:20) Accepting the fact that you can’t change people

(11:45) The helpfulness of triaging

(13:29) Practical ways to balance these shepherding responsibilities

(17:30) The importance of knowing your capacity

(20:00) Faithfulness is more important than effectiveness

(21:05) Prayer

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(2:26) Biblical Foundation for pastoral fatigue

(9:01) Sundays: Why Mondays are the way they are

(11:11) When fatigue, exhaustion, emotion ever set in on Sundays

(12:18) How Mondays looked for Brian

(16:50) How Sunday nights and Mondays looked for Jim

(21:00) Did you ever feel like quitting?

(23:01) Two things that change the way you handle Sunday evenings and Mondays

(25:15) Encouragement for your ministry of the Word

(27:00) Closing Prayer

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(2:08) Biblical Foundation

(7:20) The pastoral loss of people

(13:20) The joy of former structures of fellowship

(19:03) The loss of the regular rhythm of pastoral ministry

(24:55) The loss of in-home hospitality

(29:22) The loss of the pastor’s right to an opinion

(33:45) Final thoughts and prayer

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(01:58) The biblical foundation for pastors and deacons

(07:11) Identifying men called for leadership both reactive and proactive

(13:00) Importance and requirement of church involvement

(16:30) Things Brian and Jim look for before mentoring a young man

(23:28) Discerning when to keep and when to send those who you’ve trained

(29:40) Final words

(33:03) Prayer

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(2:26) Biblical Foundation for Sabbaticals

(6:38) The difference between vacation and sabbatical

(10:30) Brian’s Sabbatical and Jim’s Questions

(20:35) Jim’s Sabbatical and Brian’s Questions

(34:24) Guiding Principles for taking a sabbatical

(41:10) Final words and Prayer

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(2:23) Biblical Background of Patience

(5:32) Scriptural passages that exhort to patience

(7:11) Patience in ministry when dealing with things

(13:15) Patience in ministry when dealing with people

(19:00) Patience in ministry when dealing with God, and His dealing with you

(25:02) Final word and prayer

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(3:34) Biblical Background

(10:30) Preparing for a regular preaching ministry

(13:45) Reasons a pastor should leave (ministry and/or a specific church)

(26:10) Thoughts of quitting and the seeds of perseverance

(29:45) Seeking a small break to be rejuvenated