by Sam Rainer | Mar 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Most pastors work long hours. Most pastors work hard for their churches. In a LifeWay Research survey of 1,000 pastors, 65% of pastors indicated they worked 50 or more hours per week. The median amount of hours worked by a senior pastor is 55 hours per week. Pastors... 
by Sam Rainer | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Three notable articles I read this week: Russell Moore – Are Millennials selfish and entitled? “Every generation in recorded human history sees the next as spoiled, lazy, and selfish. And every generation in church history tends to see the next as carnal,... 
by Sam Rainer | Mar 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Welcome to your new church. Most everyone is excited to meet you. Few will remember your first sermon, but many will tell you it was great. If your church is going to vote on you, then the percentage of “yes” votes is likely to be high. The reason is simple. The vast... 
by Sam Rainer | Mar 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Three notable articles I read this week: Brandon Cox – What to do when you bombed Sunday’s sermon. “Preaching, as a Pastor, is hard. It’s not hard to get up and say something inspirational. It is hard to get up and rightly divide God’s Word, build a bridge from... 
by Sam Rainer | Mar 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every election cycle comes with a good amount of attacks, scandals, and playground-like na-na na-na boo-boos. We gravitate towards drama, while at the same time complaining of the lack of heroes. We can’t have it both ways. The melodrama of a soap opera doesn’t...
