A pastor is a human being redeemed by God’s grace and called to serve the Lord as an ordained minister. As a human, he will need friends. It is a highly unrealistic expectation to think that pastors are above needing friends. Continue reading →

How does one sustain a movement of ideas over time? Is something as non-cognitive as social friendship a factor? One historian of the Swiss Reformation noted that it would be impossible for someone like Calvin to be so dearly loved at his death if he had been a monster all his life. Continue reading →