Thom Rainer proposes a pastoral response for situations where church members respond with hurt and anger over a proposed change to the physical facilities of a church property. Even in a property that’s only fifteen years old (like mgpc’s) changing fixtures and structures can be tricky. But because ministry and mission is a fluid practice …
Bobby Jamieson continues to examine how programs can be a productive part of a church’s plan for effective discipling and outreach. Programs and groups that don’t grow Christian life but simply consume people’s time and energy can’t be sustained. They’re the living dead and need to be either put out of their misery or resuscitated. …
Carl Trueman observes that while seminaries/theological colleges struggle to teach preaching well, a more pronounced weakness is training in what he calls ‘pulpit prayer’, the prayers said by the pastor while leading worship. Yet there is another thing that is not done well at seminary, something which is rarely noticed and which is consequently something …
On Sunday night we looked at Psalm 1 (149 to go) and I mentioned that it is not correct to think of the Bible as God’s ‘workshop manual’ for humans. Rather it is the revelation of Himself, His love for us, and our response. In Psalm 1 that which is being meditated upon is the …
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