On the Wall with Sword and Trowel: The Challenges and Conflicts of Ministry
Ebook
Future pastors and servant-leaders are taught the much-needed "tools of the trade"--the principles of hermeneutics, how to exegete a passage, put a sermon together, conduct a wedding, manage a funeral, oversee administrative meetings, and much more. On the Wall with Sword and Trowel is a reminder that no amount of professional training, educational instruction, and/or personal counsel could adequately ready an individual for the crucible of ministry--the confusion, pressures, heartbreak, disappointments, discouragements, and more. There is plenty more to learn about genuine faith, dealing with doubts and fears, the destructive nature of sin, the healing/transforming power of grace, the overwhelming demands of ministry, the necessity for authenticity, the sanctity of marriage and family, the joy of serving, and the weight of duty and responsibility--all issues every pastor/servant will face and must face.
“Every seminary should require this book. Sandy Zensen wants
people to enter the ministry with their eyes open. He offers an
honest heads-up on ministry challenges—from serious interpersonal
conflicts to personal marriage pressures. Then he provides sound,
practical advice to prepare for the difficulties and to thrive in
ministry. Positive and encouraging. A gem of a resource.”
—William Brown, Senior Fellow for Worldview and Culture, The Colson
Center for Christian Worldview
“Ministry is one of the greatest adventures that is given to an
individual to bring glory to God. Dr. Sandy Zensen, with nearly
twenty years as a pastor and twenty-five years as a professor,
takes us on that great adventure in his book, On The Wall With
Sword And Trowel. This book is an informative read in learning
what Bible college and seminary can prepare you for and the
training that God will give you as you work to bring glory to
him.”
—Gary Jared, Senior Pastor, Stuart Heights Baptist Church, Hixson,
Tennessee
“Pastoral ministry is both the hardest job and best job one could
ever have. Many answer the call but few seem to endure or finish
well. Many pastors begin bright-eyed and excited and are shocked to
realize that it’s all-out warfare for hearts and minds—not the
least of which is your own. Sandy Zensen’s book should be required
reading for those just starting out in church ministry, and
instructive for those with years of experience. I highly recommend
this book for all of those being used by God to build his
church—with trowel in one hand and sword in the other.”
—John Vermilya, Lead Pastor, The Tabernacle, Buckley,
Michigan
“Every seminary should require this book. Sandy Zensen wants
people to enter the ministry with their eyes open. He offers an
honest heads-up on ministry challenges—from serious interpersonal
conflicts to personal marriage pressures. Then he provides sound,
practical advice to prepare for the difficulties and to thrive in
ministry. Positive and encouraging. A gem of a resource.”
—William Brown, Senior Fellow for Worldview and Culture, The Colson
Center for Christian Worldview
“Ministry is one of the greatest adventures that is given to an
individual to bring glory to God. Dr. Sandy Zensen, with nearly
twenty years as a pastor and twenty-five years as a professor,
takes us on that great adventure in his book, On The Wall With
Sword And Trowel. This book is an informative read in learning
what Bible college and seminary can prepare you for and the
training that God will give you as you work to bring glory to
him.”
—Gary Jared, Senior Pastor, Stuart Heights Baptist Church, Hixson,
Tennessee
“Pastoral ministry is both the hardest job and best job one could
ever have. Many answer the call but few seem to endure or finish
well. Many pastors begin bright-eyed and excited and are shocked to
realize that it’s all-out warfare for hearts and minds—not the
least of which is your own. Sandy Zensen’s book should be required
reading for those just starting out in church ministry, and
instructive for those with years of experience. I highly recommend
this book for all of those being used by God to build his
church—with trowel in one hand and sword in the other.”
—John Vermilya, Lead Pastor, The Tabernacle, Buckley,
Michigan
Product Details
- Title : On the Wall with Sword and Trowel: The Challenges and Conflicts of Ministry
- Author: Zensen, Sanford
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9781532699528
Sanford Zensen is an ordained Baptist and former Christian & Missionary Alliance minister with more than twenty years of experience in the pastoral ministry. In addition, he has served twenty-five years at Bryan College as a professor of Christian studies and Christian college administrator and continues to teach as an adjunct for two separate institutions.