Paul Tripp has composed a bonus chapter to his book on pastoral ministry, Dangerous Calling. In the chapter he outlines eleven practical steps for pastors to pursue to help them have healthy ministries. The tone of the book, and this chapter is fairly urgent and directive, but I think that’s because Tripp is very concerned …
Last Sunday’s sermon focussed on Acts 1:9-26. Again, the emphasis is on the resurrected Lord Jesus, and the fact that our mission is his mission, not simply our sentimental continuation of his memory. It is His work, not simply our notion of how He’d like us to remember Him. Added to that is the reality …
For many, many years now those of us who have attended presentations by Presbyterian Inland Mission Superintendent Stuart Bonnington and committee Convener Rob Duncanson have watched as an increasingly beat up map of Australia had been covered with borders of new Patrol areas and markers for mission churches. At the conclusion of tonight’s annual public …
Thoughts from Carlos Whittaker: The local church isn’t hinging on how you decorate it. The local church isn’t going to die if you don’t fix it. The local church isn’t in need of your systems. The local church isn’t going to fall apart without the next generation fixing the last generation’s version. The local church …
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