Stephen McDonald has posted his final sets of notes from the Melbourne Presbyterian Theological College’s 2012 Pastor’s Conference. I’ve posted links to his day one notes here and the day two notes here. The first of these, Overcoming The Superman Syndrome is a cracker. And David’s material on Why Plant Churches? is very helpful. Session …

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‘The Mistakes Of Phillip Jensen’ is a substantial interview with Phillip Jensen as the subject, conducted by Tony Payne and posted at The Briefing. Very helpful for those in pastoral life, and because, as Phillip observes, ministry begins for every Christian right at the moment when they become a Christian, it is an insightful and …

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Last night mgpc had another first Sunday prayer service. That’s three. After prayer it’s common to feel some sense of inadequacy about the words, the duration, the number of folk, all of which strike at your confidence about God’s will to answer prayer. David Murray puts it this way… “…and forgive my sins. In Jesus …

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David Robertson, pastor of a presbyterian congregation in Dundee, Scotland recently suffered a catastrophic health breakdown. Last Sunday, for the first time in months, he preached before his church family. In this blog post he offers some observations about his illness and recuperation. On October the 14th last year, after conducting a wedding in St …

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