2025 was the best year ever for Regular Pastor in terms of the number of “views,” or articles read. Here’s a list of the top 10 posts from this year. Note, not all of these posts were written this year, but these are the most read posts of 2025.
In all the posts I’ve read (and written) about the shortage of pastoral candidates, Maclean’s third reason is one that few have the courage to articulate. It just doesn’t sound right to suggest that we have too many churches.
Bavinck certainly commends “eloquence” as an important aim in Christian preaching. For Bavinck, eloquence is more than rhetorical training or homiletical excellence. He defines eloquence under three headings.
From where I sit, it seems as though the SBTC has a simple choice – will we hide behind parliamentary integrity or will we stand for biblical fidelity?
Most basically, prayer is talking to God. That definition is simple enough, but without further clarification, one might reach unbiblical conclusions about prayer.
The pursuit of this kind of preaching and teaching requires the pastor / teacher to keep the varied nature of his congregation in mind. In other words, those who proclaim the Word of God must remember to whom they are speaking.
Several moths back I wrote a post titled “5 Great Books on Prayer.” This post is a follow up list for those who are looking for something shorter than a book – let’s call them booklets.
The murder, assassination, martyrdom of Charlie Kirk combined with the unhinged reaction of so many on the left lead me to the following conclusions.
Based on what I’ve seen over the last four years, the overwhelming majority of SBTC pastors seem to be in favor of a consistent complementarian position – one that reserves the title and office of elder / pastor / shepherd / overseer to qualified men.
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