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The Pressure is On. Sometimes you may feel like you are facing a football defensive line: a half-ton mass and muscle whose sole objective is to pound you into the turf. The demands of the ministry can feel like that, especially when you’re faced by pressures like: How can I compete with the communication “masters” my parishioners listen to on the radio and television every week? How can I...

expect, given how feebly he or she has been leading the church. But if an apparently strong-willed pastor admits struggles from the pulpit, it becomes a powerful preaching moment. That’s one reason I believe the preacher should, first and foremost, be a proclaimer of God’s Word. In the long run, it gives us authority when we preach with authority and when we preach as a fellow struggler. But another reason is more critical: preachers are under obligation to God’s truth. We are handlers of Holy Scripture,
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