“There are some preachers who so loudly declare their love of preaching that it is unclear whether it is their own performance and their love of power that has captured them or their desire to minister to the men and women who listen to them” (D. A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation, 82).
Archive for August, 2008
30 Aug
Serve the people
The Apostle Paul and ministry: “This is not someone intoxicated with ideas but unconcerned about people. Nor is it someone who is content to minister at a distance–through the books he has written, perhaps, or through younger emissaries. No, this man’s ministry is not designed first and foremost to produce ideas, books, or junior colleagues, [...]
29 Aug
Baptism Series Next Week
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I will be posting a four-part series on baptism in Acts 2:38 starting Tuesday of next week. Although the series will be adapted from my book A Biblical Critique of Infant Baptism, it will not focus directly on the issue of baptizing infants, just baptism in [...]
27 Aug
Free Commentary at LOGOS
http://blog.logos.com/archives/2008/08/matthew_mark_cornerstone_biblical_commentary–free.html Follow the link to download your free LOGOS commentary.
26 Aug
Dispensationalism, the Church, and the New Covenant
For those of you dispensationalists out there who are wrestling with the question of the relationship between the church and the New Covenant, here is an excellent online resource. The article is “Dispensationalism, the Church, and the New Covenant” by R. Bruce Compton, and it was published in the fall of 2003 issue of Detroit [...]
25 Aug
If It Ain’t Baroque, Why Listen to It?
Ever since I first listened to Handel’s Water Music in December of 1992, I have been hopelessly hooked on classical music from the Baroque Period. Put simply, I’ll take Bach over Beethoven any day. Anyway, this brings me to a question for you preachers out there: What do you most like to listen to [...]
21 Aug
So when do you contact a local area pastor?
So when do you contact a local area pastor with reference to one of his members attending your church? Do you express the same level of charity across all denominational lines? Do you simply wait until someone expresses interest in membership or do you move more proactively than that? This scenario is not as common today because so [...]
19 Aug
Faith and Politics
Pastors: What, if anything, are you going to say to your people before the upcoming election? Or maybe said differently “what have you said or taught on thus far?” Do you ever preach a topical sermon on an issue like abortion as John Piper does each year? How do you address issues without having people assume you are [...]
18 Aug
Hologram pastors
This taken from http://www.slate.com/id/2197166/?GT1=28001 Please click on the link for the full length article. “Most Sunday mornings at Buckhead Church in downtown Atlanta, one person is conspicuously absent: the senior pastor, Andy Stanley. A nationally known evangelist, Stanley is usually 20 minutes away at North Point Community Church, the suburban megachurch he has led for 13 [...]
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