When heroes fall: Lessons from Samson
We all have our heroes. The Hero of heroes is, of course, our Lord Jesus Christ.
His is the Name above all names, and it is He more than any other that we should love, trust and emulate. Yet Paul exhorted the Christians in Corinth, ‘Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ’ (1 Cor. 11:1), and we are right to be thankful for godly examples. But sometimes they disappoint.
How can pastors go the distance?
It was my tenth anniversary in my current pastorate, and I was given a three-month sabbatical.
When contemplating potential sabbatical projects my thoughts went to surviving and thriving in pastoral ministry over the long haul, and then I hatched a plan.
Evangelist
On 9 September, over 150 people gathered
for the
induction of Peter Sherwood as
evangelist at Welcome Hall Evangelical
Church (WHEC), Bromsgrove.
Pastor Brooks explained how the elders
had been seeking the Lord’s will over the
appointment of a second full-time worker for over a year, and were
increasingly
convinced that the role should be that of
an evangelist. In March, Peter Sherwood
was put in touch with Pastor Brooks by a
mutual contact, and after an extended period of prayerful consideration, was called by
WHEC in July.