Confronting Failures: How Can a Pastor Fail Forward?

If you’re a pastor facing your failures and having a hard time moving forward, these morsels of gospel hope in Mark 14 are for you.

Do you ever wonder why God keeps calling morons into the ministry? As I ask this, I’m not looking around the country. I am looking square into the mirror.

It is tempting to think only about the high-profile ministry meltdowns. For example, Judas famously betrayed Jesus; Peter denied him; and Thomas doubted him. But didn’t they all desert Jesus? “Then they all deserted him and ran away” (Mark 14:50, CSB).

If you’re a pastor who has failed and is having a hard time moving forward, I pray these four morsels of gospel hope in Mark 14 will be an encouragement to you.

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