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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Personal Life | |
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| Our Call | |
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| Personal Devotional Life | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Accountability Partners | |
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| Admitting Mistakes | |
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| Our Financial Reputations | |
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| An Undisciplined Appetite | |
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| Our Dress | |
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| Personal Life: For Additional Study | |
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| Family Life | |
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| Our Wives | |
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| Our Homes | |
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| Ignoring Our Own Families | |
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| Family Devotional Life | |
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| Family Life: For Additional Study | |
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| Study Habits | |
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| Our Personal Libraries | |
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| Poor Study Habits | |
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| Spending Day After Day in the Study | |
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| Staying out of the Study | |
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| Making Your Studies Work for You Later | |
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| Daily Schedules | |
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| Our Bible Notes | |
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| Faxes, E-Mail, the Internet | |
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| Periodicals, Pamphlets, Newspapers | |
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| Reading, Writing, Speaking | |
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| Continuing Education | |
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| Study Habits: For Additional Study | |
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| Messages | |
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| Topical Messages | |
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| Tone of Voice | |
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| Too Much Time on Exegesis | |
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| Sermons with No Structure | |
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| Sermons with Too Many Points | |
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| Sermons with No Discernible Point | |
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| Sermons with No Illustrations | |
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| Sermons with Too Many Illustrations | |
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| Sermons That Drone On and On | |
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| Addressing Implications Only | |
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| Pulpit Notes | |
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| Balancing Truth | |
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| Failing to Share the Pulpit | |
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| Translations | |
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| Messages: For Additional Study | |
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| Church Life | |
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| Candidating Before a Church | |
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| Leading, Not Following | |
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| Trying to Do It All | |
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| Meetings, Meetings, Meetings! | |
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| House Calls | |
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| Hospital Visits | |
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| Fellow Pastors/Elders | |
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| Deacons | |
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| Church Finances | |
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| The Telephone | |
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| Schedules and Appointments | |
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| Diaries/Daily Planners | |
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| Short-Term Assessments of the Members | |
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| Avoiding Cliques | |
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| Being Fair with Your Congregation | |
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| Settling the Score Publicly | |
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| Looking Down on Others | |
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| "I'll Pray for You" | |
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| Listening to Complaints | |
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| Members with Vague Complaints | |
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| Getting the Facts | |
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| Open Rebuke | |
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| Fear of the Congregation | |
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| Letting Church Problems Fester | |
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| Church Hopping by the Members | |
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| People Who Are Relocated | |
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| Changing Your Church | |
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| Leaving a Church | |
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| Stepping Down | |
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| Leaving a Legacy | |
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| Church Hopping by the Pastor | |
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| Church Life: For Additional Study | |
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| Counseling | |
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| Pastoral Counseling | |
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| When to Refer | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Making Judgments | |
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| Counseling: For Additional Study | |
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| Weddings, Divorces, Funerals | |
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| Marriages | |
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| Separations | |
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| Divorces | |
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| The Wedding Service | |
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| Funerals | |
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| Weddings, Divorces, Funerals: For Additional Study | |
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| Relationships with Others | |
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| Mentoring | |
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| An Independent Spirit | |
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| Evangelism/Outreach | |
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| Our Public Involvement | |
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| Jealousy and Competition | |
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| Standing Alone | |
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| Missions | |
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| Relationships with Others: For Additional Study | |
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| Dangers | |
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| Proof-Texting | |
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| Taking a Position | |
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| Majoring on the Minors | |
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| The Tyranny of the Urgent | |
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| Our Secretaries | |
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| Our Office Doors | |
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| Assuming Too Much | |
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| Our Genuine Needs | |
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| Dealing with Panic (Our Own!) | |
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| Confusing the Gospel | |
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| Neglecting Exercise and Recreation | |
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| Christian Liberty for the Pastor | |
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| Shackles for the Pastor | |
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| Are We the Resident Authority? | |
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| When Fear Strikes | |
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| Taking All the Blame for Failures | |
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| Taking Credit for Success | |
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| Litigation | |
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| Dangers: For Additional Study | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Why Not Female Pastors? | |
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| The Senior Pastor | |
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| The Pastor and the IRS | |
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| One-Issue Churches | |
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| Miscellaneous: For Additional Study | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Pastor's Self-Evaluation Questionnaire | |
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| What Should a Sermon Do? | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |