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Peter C. Orr lectures in New Testament at Moore College in Sydney. He is the author of the book, Fight for Your Pastor.
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Engaging the Culture

Cultivating Pastoral Contentment

All pastors face challenges. For the sake of this article, I will summarize them under three headings: comparison, stress, and disappointment.
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Faith & Evangelism

Knowing God… Not Just Knowing about Him

Do we know God or just know about him? Truly knowing God means loving him, obeying him, and being known by him.
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Marriage

Faith and Love: How a Pastor Can Preserve His Marriage

Consider how a pastor can preserve his marriage and have a God-honoring marriage that is a source of comfort and joy to him and his wife.
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Faith & Evangelism

New Year – New You?

The beginning of the year is a good time for self-examination: to look at our lives, specifically our Christian lives. In this article I want to consider some resolutions that
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Faith & Evangelism

The Incarnation…Not Just for Christmas!

The incarnation – the truth that the Son of God became a human being – is not simply a truth that we can or should celebrate at Christmas but something
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Faith & Evangelism

Three Easter Hospitality Tips for Pastors

Most people, even people who might notionally identify as Christians, are not found in Church except at certain times of the year—like Easter! Let’s think about how we, as churches—and
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Faith & Evangelism

How Should Pastors Respond When People Leave Their Church?

People leave churches for many reasons, and your response to their leaving will depend, in part, on why they are going. Remembering that Scripture will help you keep even the
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