Trench Talk

Show Notes: Resources Contact Us (1:35) Biblical background for Sheep who are a blessing (5:44) Balancing blessings and burdens in Pastoral Ministry (9:45) Sheep are individuals and you should enjoy that (11:25) Characteristics of sheep who are a blessing (16:20) Identifying beloved sheep (18:45) Practical ways to celebrate these members (23:38) Don’t avoid the discouraging ones

Show Notes: Contact us Visit the “Donut” page (3:22) Scripture’s Silence in the specifics, but speaks to wisdom, training, and gifting (7:48) Jim and Brian’s formal theological training (12:25) Assessing the call and gifting to [more] writing or training (16:16) The motivation to [more] writing or formal training (23:30) Discerning the differences in degrees and how they will help (27:00) The impo...

Show Notes: Find helpful resources on this and more Support the ministry through a tax-deductible donation (2:11) Biblical Foundation of spiritual fruit (7:10) COVID, the least important time to evaluate based on numerical growth (9:08) Spiritual Growth and how to see it (14:45) Measurables: peace, empathy, fear of God, fighting sin, etc. (18:25) How is the Lord at work in your church, Jim? (22:40...

Show Notes: Visit Practicalshepherding.com (1:40) Biblical Foundation of Ministry (6:29) Exercising oversight in the church (8:05) Sufficiency of Scripture (9:45) Reporting and Priority of Finances (13:32) Orderly administration within local churches (16:15) Presenting well through a creative website, a clean building, and welcoming greeters (19:48) Pursue excellence, but trust the word of God to...

Show Notes: Help Financially Support the Ministry Contact Us (03:22) The greater the influence the greater potential for harm (04:35) Biblical foundation for keeping watch over yourself and ministry (10:27) Creating safeguards in ministry (15:35) The importance of pastoral friendship (20:25) Red flags for ministry: lack of pastoral friendship, desiring to build the “brand” or church on yourself, a...

Show Notes: 00:40 Practically Trained (01:00) Contact Us (01:53) Importance of the Preacher (04:27) Importance of Individualism (10:00) The value in resembling faithful men (11:55) The good desires (14:50) Beware of the similarities in style (19:10) God does extraordinary things through ordinary men and ordinary means

Show Notes: Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify Explore Content on practicalshepherding.com and contact us if we can serve you in any way (2:00) The biblical foundation of expectations versus reality (5:55) Anger and Guilt as a good thing (8:00) A third and better way: Lament. (13:15) When you don’t lament you grow in bitterness, anger, and guilt (18:08) Difference between condemnation and convi...

Show Notes: Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify Explore Content on practicalshepherding.com and contact us if we can serve you in any way (1:45) Shepherds after my own heart (8:49) The regular connection with your members (16:15) Creative ways to regularly connect with your members (21:27) Be encouraged by your own human limitations

Show Notes: Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify Contact us and let us know how we can serve you (2:37) Biblical Foundation and Theological Considerations (6:40) Weeping with those who weep, and enduring (10:45) What I should be doing, and what I am (13:18) Overwhelmed because we are limited (14:10) Confessions from withdrawing in pastoral ministry (17:41) Becoming obsessed with the care of sheph...

Show Notes: Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify Visit practicalshepherding.com (1:55) Introductory Theological and Historical considerations (5:50) Don’t lower your expectations of the Word of God (7:30) The example of Jesus (11:20) Fighting for patience, contentment, and biblical expectations (15:40) Ministry hardships are to be expected (17:20) Remember that church members will sin (21:00) Som...

Show Notes: Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify Contact us (3:10) An atmosphere of Transcendence or Immanence (5:55) A caution against a theatrical environment (8:40) Intentionally, not reactionary, setting the atmosphere (13:15) Accomplishing a purpose in corporate worship through the environment (17:38) A pulpit and dress that hides the preacher and directs the church Godward (22:55) Many bene...

Show Notes: Support the Ministry with an end of the year gift Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify (2:30) Understand that you are human (3:55) Addressing anger, bitterness, and hurt surrounding a firing (5:50) The adversaries and the way they affect you as a human being (7:10) A time for healing before re-entering (9:05) Months not weeks, and months not years (13:40) A general rule of 6-24 months...

Show Notes: Support the Ministry with an end of the year gift Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify (3:07) The importance of a Church’s confession of faith (7:00) First-tier doctrines and theological triage (8:07) Doctrinal Distinctions within Statements of Faith (12:50) How much agreement should there be to pastor a local church? (18:30) Making it clear where you stand and how it differs from the...

Show Notes: Support the Ministry with an end of the year gift Give us a review on iTunes or Spotify (2:08) The biblical foundation for pressures in preaching (5:01) In season and out of season (8:45) Exposing the text, not imposing on the text, the context of the season? (10:15) The healthy pressure in preaching (13:12) Identifying the underlying and self-imposed pressure (17:15) The unholy pressu...

Brian Croft and Jim Savastio answer these, and many more on this episode of Trench Talk.

Show Notes: Register for the Replant Cohort Find us on iTunes or Spotify (2:08) No Creed but the Bible and the importance of definitions (5:50) A Definition of Each (7:40) Who is the constitution for? (15:10) Items that go into a constitution (25:00) Helpful ways to use a church covenant (28:00) Final Thoughts

This Trench Talk episode is a little different as Jim Savastio asks Brian specific questions about concluding his ministry at Auburndale. How do you conclude over 17-years of faithful ministry? When the final sermon comes what do you say and how do you prepare? What aspects of ministry are you anticipating missing the most?

Show Notes: Support the Ministry Find us on iTunes or Spotify (2:38) Discerning wrong or right Criticism (5:35) A Biblical Example from the book of James and 1 Timothy (7:30) Are they a sheep or a wolf? An important distinction. (11:00) Is what you’re receiving helpful Criticism or hateful Enmity? (16:55) How do you address needing the congregation’s grace in making tough decisions? (22:00) How do...

Show Notes: Support the Ministry Find us on iTunes or Spotify (1:41) The Biblical Foundation of the Fear of Man ( 9:30) Wisdom in awareness yet not being afraid (11:00) How does the fear of man flesh itself out? (14:40) The gift of expositional preaching (22:10) Practical steps to combat the fear of man

Show Notes: Find us on iTunes or Spotify Contact us and Recommend a Podcast Topic (2:20) Biblical Foundation for Leading during an Election Year (5:00) Bring an eternal mindset to civics, politics, and all things. (10:11) differences within evangelicalism (and our churches) when it comes to politics and social issues? (14:30) Prepare and encourage your congregation (16:15) Important issues in a po...

Show Notes: Find us on iTunes (3:15) The Biblical understanding of apostacy (6:45) The Pastoral responsibility to shepherd each soul (11:00) The necessity of the Christian connected to the Church (19:00) Should you discipline the member who doesn’t want to be pursued (23:45) Final words and Prayer

Show Notes: Support the Ministry (2:25) The desire for a multigenerational church (10:55) Living life with them (13:00) The power of the Word and the one who brings it (17:00) Paul’s three-fold exhortation (19:15) An older shepherd with younger a flock (22:22) Unique joys of shepherding

Show Notes: Visit us at practicalshepherding.com Please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify (1:30) an Issue of Biblical Sufficiency (5:20) The essentials and the circumstances of worship (19:30) How should pastors plan for the next 6-months? (26:40) Thinking creatively about new ministry

Find us on iTunes or Spotify. Contact us . Support the Ministry . (5:15) They should feel confident in your competence to handle their trouble in a biblical way (5:50) This is cultivated by a healthy relationship and established trust between members and their pastor (7:45) Don’t wait for them to come to you, go to them (9:10) Lloyd-Jones “could assess better through question and answer than by a...

Show Notes: 2021 Replant Cohort Registration Contact us (2:45) Biblical Understanding of corporate Prayer (10:45) Pay attention to prayer (11:30) Prayer as more than a transition (14:00) Paul’s example of prayers (16:30) “Preaching” prayers (18:50) Gathered Worship and the “Pastoral” Prayer (26:00) Teaching the congregation how to pray (32:00) Praying as not to overwhelm