What does The Creedal Imperative (Carl Trueman, Crossway, 2012) promise? In six succinct chapters, Carl Trueman: outlines the current cultural trends which deter people from confessionalism; outlays a biblical case for creeds and confessions; recounts the way creeds and confessions were (and remain) indispensable formularies in combating theological errors in early church history; overviews four …
Department of ‘You Think I Make This Stuff Up’. Yesterday I posted Thom Rainer’s collation of pastor related tweets. Here’s the background behind number 3: Criticize your pastor on Facebook and bring a curse on yourself. mgpc will be happy to know that as we approach the relevant sections of 1 Samuel the exegesis in …
A great temptation in pastoral life is for the pastor to substitute themselves for God’s gracious Gospel power. At the Gospel Coalition, Paul Tripp writes about the fallacy of a practice of pastoral care which is at odds with pulpit ministry; one in which we functionally end up telling people what to do (problem solver …
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