Why I’m Against Seminary Training The first time someone said this to me, I was both excited and dismayed: “God’s calling me to full-time ministry—so I’m going to seminary.” Though I’ve now heard it many times since, my reaction is the same to...
The Truth about Seminary Seminary doesn’t prepare people for ministry; it merely meets manmade expectations I know many people who have gone to seminary. And I have friends who are going to seminary. I encourage them, pray for them, and once even...
What Do You Expect From Your Pastor? Ministers toil under a load of heavy demands that shouldn’t be there, and we need to change that I have read two stats about ministers that chafe at my soul. The first is that most pastors have no real...
Serving God, College, and Student Loans I once met a guy who wanted to work in broadcasting. So he went to college. In his four-year degree, taking some forty classes, guess how many applied to broadcasting? Just three. While having secondary...
