Monthly Archives: April 2011

Pastor Edward Donnelly All of Paul’s letters are pastoral letters. They are all written by a pastor to churches in specific contexts. What can we learn as pastors for our work from the way Paul the pastor does his work? … Continue reading →

Pastor Edward Donnelly Reconciling Believers Let us come to Philemon. Our subject this morning: reconciling believers. This is of course the shortest of all Paul’s letters, 335 words in Greek. I find it intensely depressing that a new commentary on … Continue reading →

Pastor Edward Donnelly We speak of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus as the pastoral epistles, but all of Paul’s epistles are pastoral epistles. He always writes as a pastor to the people of God, and he is always pastoring … Continue reading →

Pastor Edward Donnelly We turn in this second hour to Colossians, one of Paul’s shortest letters written from prison in Rome to the young church in Asia minor. The founder and the pastor of the church, Epaphras, has visited Paul … Continue reading →

Pastor Edward Donnelly Our general topic is Help for Today’s Pastors: Case Studies from Paul. Paul’s value for pastors has always been recognized. Three of his epistles are called pastoral epistles. Passages such as his address to the elders of … Continue reading →