There is something that takes place when you began to move
beyond that middle point of life. You tend
to look back in retrospect at time and opportunity that was squandered. You look forward with much more concern about
the great values and virtues of a spiritual life than what was in those early
years of youthful inexperience. Age
uniquely brings a sobriety, a seriousness, a focus, and at times even a sense
of grimness to the mind. This is
especially true for a Christian pastor, or in my thoughts, it should be. One of those areas of my own personal calling
and ministry that I am looking back to are the countless times that I said, “I
am an assistant pastor, preacher, minister not a theologian.” Increasingly as my preaching style has
drastically changed from my earlier years from topical preaching to much more
expository preaching, I have been greatly convicted by the Spirit of God and my
interaction with the Word of God that pastors need to be
