Bob Kauflin, writing on his Worship Matters blog raises an issue: In a church context it’s sometimes difficult to know the difference between leading the singing and leading the meeting. It’s an important distinction. After outlining a particular scenario of conflict between pastor and song leader, Kauflin observes: At any point, if my pastor communicates …

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In what turned out to be a time of theological reflection at last week’s General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the name of N.T. (Tom) Wright was mentioned. Some folk were asking the Assembly to bid our theological colleges to provide an evaluation of what is termed ‘The New Perspective On Paul’ from …

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More useful points to follow-up my previous post from Kevin DeYoung. As I wrote in that post, these observations are valuable for any pastoral situation. Point 1 is a pearler. From the 9Marks Blog: Five Ways to Make Sure a Church Turnaround Fails By Michael McKinley | 9.6.2010 There are a lot of churches out …

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