Pastor, are you following Paul’s admonition to “pray without ceasing?” (1 Thess. 5:17). Here’s some good advice on prayer from one of the great men from church history, Martin Luther: “4 Ways Martin Luther Encourages Pastors to Pray” by Mark Rogers at 9Marks.

Maybe you’re a youth pastor and you’ve wondered about biblical qualifications for your office. Are they different from that of the elders or lead pastor? Our good brothers at 9Marks help you think that question through and deal with a number of other issues in their latest 9Marks Mailbag.

Or maybe you’re a church planter and you’ve got money concerns. As Johnny Cash once sang, you’re completely busted. How can you do ministry well without financial means? Brian Davis tells us how with his article “How to Do Ministry When You Don’t Have Money” at For the Church.

How does a pastor balance the so-called “tensions” intrinsic to faithful local church ministry? How do you practice gentleness and patience while remaining courageous and boldly guarding the truth and fending off wolves from the sheep? Veteran pastors Brian Croft and Jim Savastio provide much needed wisdom at Practical Shepherding with their podcast “How Do You Balance the Tensions of Pastoral Faithfulness?”

How often do members of your congregation tell you they skipped church “just because I didn’t feel like coming?” It’s a common excuse—a poor one, as David “Gunner Gundersen” says in “Go to Church—Even When You Don’t Feel Like It” at Southern Equip.