On Facebook today two Presbyterian pastors both mentioned that tomorrow will mark the conclusion of their ministries with the local churches they’re currently serving, and that neither of them have appointments into which they’ll transition. Apart from concern for these two brothers, one with a young family, the other with a grown family, it reminds …

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Moderator-General David Cook is currently in the UK, likes what he sees in ‘Gospel Partnerships’ and suggests that though population scales and distances are different in Australia there is value in pursuing the model. Read on. Pastoral Letter (Posted 13 March 2014) I am in the UK for three months (February to April) participating in …

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Kevin DeYoung features in this month’s Preaching Matters video from St Helen’s Bishopsgate UK’s blog. DeYoung talks about both the benefits and the drawbacks of the method, helpfully pointing out that verse by verse exposition is actually topical preaching. He indicates where topical series have a place as well. The closing material is especially helpful, …

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