Table of contents
Dangers Toils & Snares
These books, originally published by Leadership Journal, offer deep dives on pressing issues of ministry and leadership from veteran ministry experts like Eugene Peterson, Fred Smith, Marshall Shelley, and others.
- Introduction
- 1 The Perils of Professional Holiness
- 2 Breaking the Approval Addiction
- 3 Taming Ambition
- 4 Confessions of a Lazy Pastor
- 5 Confronting the Fear of Controversy
- 6 Pastoral Anger: Murder in the Cathedral
- 7 When You Can’t Hold On
- 8 A Cure for Seriousness
- 9 Handling Sexual Temptation
- 10 An Overlooked Casualty of a “Victimless” Sin
- 11 After the Fall
- 12 When Sin Won’t Let Go
What Are the Traps the Enemy Plans to Set For You?
News stories about pastoral indiscretions abound today—an embezzlement this week, adultery the next. Every Christian’s life is filled with temptation, but spiritual leaders seem to be prime targets for Satan’s attacks. Most pastors find themselves faced with moral temptation of some kind. They are party to intimate details of other people’s sexual lives. They find themselves in positions of power and authority. Even as they work to help others, the voices of lust, pride and ambition whisper:
“It doesn’t hurt to just think about it.”
“This church is a success because of all the things I’ve done.”
“How can I move my career even further ahead?”
More than ever, pastors need moral wisdom and strength. Jesus calls for it. The integrity of their lives and ministries demands it. Now, three experienced pastors explain how temptation can be met and defeated in Dangers, Toils and Snares, the fifth volume of Mastering Ministry’s Pressure Points.
