Ministerial Success is an article about our goals as preachers and ministers of God. What should a man of God consider as success? What, then, is success in the ministry? Do we need to tell them constantly how much better we are than the rest? Ministerial Success is something that defines your philosophy of the ministry. What really is ministerial success?
Marks of the False Prophet
Apostate spies and traitors 1
In our understanding of what is an apostate, an apostate is a person who fully knows the truth such as to be saved, and even though knowing that truth, they turn from it.
“Apostate spies” in my opinion are those people who whether knowingly sent by some other religious faith, or just on a curiosity adventure come into our church, and then leaves us.
The Minister’s Riches Rejection Part 3
This post, Minister’s Riches Rejection, describes what is a healthy mindset for a minister as far as riches and covetousness.
Minister’s Riches Rejection Part 4: Minister’s Just Salary
4. A Minister’s Just Salary
I have presented the position that it is just, fair, and biblical for a church to pay their minister/pastor a fair and just wage. Others have taken the position that the ministers of a church (pastor, deacons, elders, teachers, etc.) should never accept money for their labors as a minister. I do not think in most cases, we can extend this sharing in the financial burden of these men of God down to Sunday School teachers, but at least the pastor of a church should be full-time in his service for the Lord, and the church people should pay this.
The Minister’s Riches Rejection Part 5
5. Elements of “Free from Covetousness”
See also Pastoral Covetousness by Pastor David Cox
Summary: This post Minister’s Riches Rejection explains how a minister must reject riches as a foundation of his spiritual mindset towards the ministry, the people of God, the church, and what his part is within all of that.
When it comes to a pure discernment ability, most believers have a very hard time understanding what is a false prophet from what is a man of God. They both “sound the same”. Often the false prophet actually sounds more convincing that the real man of God. The issue here is simply this, if you are a consumer of doctrine or a teacher of some doctrine. If you are a teacher of a doctrine, you are studied enough to know what is good or not. But if you are not at that level, then you are a consumer, and you are following other people’s teaching because you “are not there yet” yourself.