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Pastoral Administration -- a spiritual task?
Ponderings on a Faith Journey —
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Whether I like it or not, Im essentially the CEO of the church. Im the lone full time professional at the church. The constitution makes it clear that Im not only the congregations spiritual leader -- shepherd -- but as the senior minister, Im also the "executive officer for the total church program and for the ...2 days ago -
Man of God
Rumblings —
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From a recent journal entry. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. John 1:3-5 The call comes—someone’s looking for a priest. Of course, you’re not a priest but you’re close enough. ...2 days ago -
"An Earnest Call For Evangelical Leaders To Recover The Gospel..." by Ray Ortlund, Jr.
By Every Word... —
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"A wave of authentic revival sweeps over the church when three things happen together: teaching the great truths of the gospel with clarity, applying those truths to people’s lives with spiritual power, and extending that experience to large numbers of people. We evangelicals urgently need such an awakening ...2 days ago -
FICM Response to Reformed Baptist Critics
Reformed Baptist Blog —
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Back on October 16 I posted an entry entitled Reformed Baptists Address the Family-Integrated Church Movement . In it I gathered responses by Andy Dunkerton (one of the elders at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Mebane, North Carolina), Sam Waldron (one of the elders at Heritage Baptist Church in Owensboro, ...3 days ago -
Strauch on Effective Elders Meetings
Pure Church —
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HT: JT . Further to yesterdays post, here are 16 more things to consider for effective elders meetings.3 days ago -
Caspar Olevianus on “Final Justification” and “Spirit-Wrought Sanctity”
Heidelblog —
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Kyle Scheele has posted a section from his catechism, A Firm Foundation, on the judgment that applies well to the question of trying to distinguish, as some try to do, between an “initial” justification sola gratia, sola fide, and a final justification which is determined, at least in part, by ...3 days ago -
Getting Things Done (In Prayer)
Nerdlets —
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Now that I am (interim) pastoring at Christ the King PCA I find that I am spending a lot more time in prayer. I also find it difficult to keep track of all that I am praying for, and for how those the situations were resolved. I started with a pen and paper prayer journal, but I have found that I never have it when ...3 days ago -
Leading leaders
Expository Thoughts —
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This week is our annual elders retreat where we get away for a few days to read, pray, and sing together. We take a look at everything we have done, are doing, and hope to do with the goal of being more faithful shepherds of the flock. We plan for the meeting with a congregational family meeting where we take ...4 days ago -
Elders Meetings That Work
Pure Church —
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My wife, the faithful and constant helper, sent me this link from Jim Eliff. We had a great meeting last night, and so this was affirming in a lot of ways. You might not agree with everything thats recommended here, but its good food for thought. Read the entire post here . Here are his 7 headings: 1. Plan for ...4 days ago -
The Lords Tender Mercy
By Every Word... —
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“Never, never let us curtail the freeness of the glorious Gospel, or clip its fair proportions. Never let us make the gate more straight and the way more narrow than pride and the love of sin have made it already. The Lord Jesus is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. “He does not regard the quantity of faith, but ...4 days ago -
Audio: Exposition of the Nine Points (Pt 8): Defining Grace and Faith
Heidelblog —
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Expostion of the Nine Points (pt 8)-Defining Grace and FaithWe reject the errors of those:7. who teach that Spirit-wrought sanctity, human works, or cooperation with grace is any part either of the ground of our righteousness before God or any part of faith, that is, the “instrument by which we embrace Christ, our ...6 days ago -
Church Still Works
Sober Discourse —
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According to this review and interview by Ed Stetzer, apparently Church Still Works . As I recently mentioned , I am intrigued by the Independent Baptist Movement. It is often caricatured and frequently misunderstood, but definitely worth understanding. With that in mind, when I see research on this movement, ...1 week ago -
Prophet and Shepherd
Pure Church —
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“A ministry that is all prophetic all the time will wear down a congregation. T will eventually defeat a congregation. A ministry that is all sympathetic all the time will coddle the congregation straight into the deadly pastures of unwarranted self-assurance and the false pastures of self-security. A pastor who ...1 week ago -
From my notebook: Martin Luther’s questions to ask yourself about your preaching
Sober Discourse —
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I have all manner of tidbits that Ive picked up in my reading and recorded in my notebooks for my own benefit. I thought Id share a few of these things over the next few weeks. Martin Luther’s questions to ask yourself about your preaching: Do you preach/teach systematically? Do you have a ready wit? ...1 week ago -
Theology on Thursday
2 Worlds Collide —
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Last month I bumped into an old buddy of mine, the Rev. Chris Marley. Rev. Marley has served as the pastor of Miller Valley Baptist Church in Prescott, Arizona, since 2003.When we were chatting, he asked if I worked with any study groups who would be interested in studying The Attributes of God, written by [...]1 week ago -
Preaching vs. Worship?
C.J. Mahaney's view from the cheap seats & other stuff —
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I am no musician. I play no part in a choir or a musical team. I do love words, and as a sidebar to my job I get to participate in editing worship song lyrics. But there you reach the limits of my musical gifting. Even so, my friend Bob Kauflin recently invited me to speak at the WorshipGod09 conference and to ...1 week ago -
A “Decisive Break with the Ordo Salutis Thinking”: A New Perspective on Union with Christ?
Heidelblog —
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Consider this quotation from William B. Evans, Imputation and Impartation: Union with Christ in American Reformed Theology. Studies in Christian Thought (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008), 264-65:It is here that a concrete soteriological approach is called for. In contrast to the abstractions of the ordo salutis ...1 week ago -
Best of centuri0n: the filthy sheep-herd
Pyromaniacs —
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by Frank Turk [OK: thatll be 4 weeks off where you got to read my "best of", and I hope it didn;t bore you to death. Well resume with the regularly-scheduled merciless beatings next week-ish.] I was having a discussion with my pastor, and I related it to my wife (who is the greatest blogger who never typed 1K ...1 week ago -
Glorifying The Football Instead Of The Quarterback
The Cruciform Life Blog —
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“What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” (1 Corinthians 3:5-7, ESV)We’ve been studying 1 Corinthians in ...1 week ago -
The Synod of Dort on Parents and the Catechism
Joshua Judges Ruth —
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Friend and ministerial colleague, Wes Bredenhoff, has posted a helpful article on the Synod of Dort (Dordt) and its conclusion about parents catechizing their children. He writes... On Friday November 30, 1618 in its morning session, the Synod of Dort issued its decree on the manner of catechesis. Dort followed ...1 week ago
