Drew Brown

Looking Up Instead of Giving Up

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Church Leaders Aren’t Going Away Soon (In Fact, There’s More on the Way)

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The baby steps in ministry lead to longer and longer strides. We move on from simple acts of kindness and we begin to think about doing good for a living. Some might choose to serve the Lord in a traditional vocation where they influence the culture through law, medicine, or technology. Some might think that […]

You Can’t Change Your Spouse

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Everyone believes that they have the power within themselves to change their significant other. Dating couples do. Young marrieds do. Old couples do. One of my late seminary professors, who died still married to his first wife of nearly 60 years, once rebuffed a nag of hers with, “Get off my back.” She didn’t hear […]

Is it easier for pastors to pray?

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The assumption by everyone who isn’t a pastor, Bible professor, or missionary is that it’s easier to maintain a relationship with God precisely because one is a pastor, Bible professor, or missionary. They think that people in vocational ministry have graduated to a higher plane of spirituality, where there’s no need for discipline, prayers flow […]