Each year we all anticipate the first signs of Christmas. Decorations and music in the shopping centers. Parades and carol nights. Pre-Christmas sales. Each year we complain that these things are making their public emergence a little bit earlier and with a bet more gaudiness each year. Another annual tradition is the first appearance of …
Things back up in my feed reader. Then I group some related stuff together in a post. Upon arrival in Mount Gambier I started using the job description ‘pastor’ in contrast to ‘minister’. I’ve also pretty much divested myself of any title. ‘Reverend’ still bobs up from time to time. I managed to go two …
Daryl Hart seems to agree with Tim Keller at least on the subject of rural ministry. On Wednesday I referenced Keller’s post here. Hart himself has also written on the subject of rural ministry. On July 23 I referenced a blog post in which he questions the retreat from rural ministry to city congregations. In …
Michael Horton has been mentioned on this blog before. He’s the author of ‘Christless Christianity’, which has provoked some controversy. My post on that controversy is here and a review of the book is here. Horton was recently interviewed by Burk Parsons at the Ligonier Ministries Website in four parts. Here are the links (and …
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