Michael D Johnson

We can’t change them

Last week I shared a post about the fact that in life and in ministry we cannot save other people. We can’t even save ourselves. Only Christ can do that (with our believing and acceptance). In this post I would like to explore the reality that ultimately we cannot change the people whom we interactContinueContinue reading “We can’t change them”

We can’t save them

Here is a hard reality for us pastors. We can’t save them. This is true for ourselves too: we can’t save ourselves. First of all we must remember that there is only one Lord and Savior: Jesus Christ. And we all need Him to save us. We need Him to forgive us. We need HimContinueContinue reading “We can’t save them”

A constant reality for pastors

There are many never-ending aspects of ministry. Sunday comes every week. There always seems to be another hurting person. We endlessly seem to work on another ministry task, another parishioner’s need or another Bible study/sermon. But I personally think that one of the most difficult realities of ministry is that we are daily and weeklyContinueContinue reading “A constant reality for pastors”

Pastoral Visitation Questions

To begin with I was going to give 101 questions in this blog post, but then I realized (as I was writing it) that these 35 questions give us plenty to think about and are wonderful growth and accountability questions. Let us remember that we are not visiting people to make them like us orContinueContinue reading “Pastoral Visitation Questions”