Great Teaching Tips from Preaching Giants, Mental Health Crisis Among Pastors, Rest and Relief in Ecclesiastes and Psalms + Dirty Dew Review!

Today Pastor Christopher Cole of the Great Commission Association and Dr. Chase Thompson discuss mental health among church leaders, how to lead without wearing people out, great preaching tips, helping people to tap into Jesus for rest, AND we review Dirty Dew Soda!

“He must become a man of prayer before he becomes a man of words.” Augustine on preaching.
From this episodes great tips on preaching from ancients and moderns section.

Is there a mental health crisis among pastors and church leaders?

In just a few years, the percentage of pastors self-reporting excellent emotional well-being dropped from 40 percent to 15 percent. What could explain such a fast and precipitous drop?

If you are a pastor or church leader, your calling FIRST AND FOREMOST is to help people tap into Christ, the Source of Life, as opposed to assimilating them into the life of the church. Both are important, and both are biblical, but abiding in Christ must come first and be foremost.

Jesus did not say, “Come unto me and get busy,” He did say, “Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.” If we aren’t regularly sabbathing our souls, we are missing out on one of the great invitations of Christ.

How classical spiritual disciplines can be a key component of reversing pastor’s mental and emotional health slides.

Andy Addis - Rhythms of Rest.

How pastors can overdrive and wear out church members, and how NOT to do that!

How thriving in ministry can sometimes kill your marriage when priorities are out of order.

You can NOT be great at EVERYTHING, because you are HUMAN, and humans have LIMITATIONS. God is one who does not sleep - we MUST rest and we SHOULD rest and rest is a GIFT from God!

The dangers of being too busy for quiet times.

Lectio 365 - Morning noon and evening prayer

The biblical command for pastors and church leaders to enjoy life.

It is hard to have a healthy relationship with your spouse if you are overcommitted.

Wisdom from Ecclesiastes and the Psalms for Christians struggling with mental and emotional health, and how the Psalms are battlers of anxiety in your life.

How can pastors lead, encourage and exhort church members WITHOUT overdriving them or being a slave driver?? (

Healthy and Christ-honoring alternatives to pastors' guilt-tripping those who are already overwhelmed.