Three posts from Ligon Duncan on the The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson website/blog. Reproduced from 2002, the content is sound and timely. Here are Duncan’s six head-points: (1) we need elders who want the work, not just the status of an elder; (2) we need elders who are godly men – because character, godliness, …
Dan Phillips writes about church membership covenants at Pyromaniacs. As he considers the contrast between what could be termed low expectation and high expectation covenants he also notes a missing aspect of the whole issue: what the church leaders should be covenanting with the membership. He asks: Where is the elder-board’s (or whoever’s) list of …
Months ago I posted some practical notes on funerals that were well recieved. Brian Croft has posted a couple of very helpful articles on essential elements of funerals. What essentials need to be in every funeral service? The Unchanging character of God; The hope of the gospel; A call to respond to the gospel; and …
Jared Hood, lecturer and librarian at the Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, left a comment here yesterday. He commended his new blog/wiki Bibliopedia. What’s Bibliopedia? Here’s Jared’s introduction from his own blog: Bibliopedia is the most exciting development to come to the web, like, ever. It has bibliographies for various theological subjects, especially for use …
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