From Ray Ortlund: I believe in the sovereignty of God, the Five Points of Calvinism, the Solas of the Reformation, I believe that grace precedes faith in regeneration. Theologically, I am Reformed. Sociologically, I am simply a Christian – or at least I want to be. The tricky thing about our hearts is that they …
Every pastor/preacher can empathise with this quote from Francis Chan: Once you pastor for a while, it dawns on you that nailing a sermon doesn’t mean lives will change. Or you’ll meet a person who’s surrendered everything to Christ, and you’ll realize that your sermon wasn’t even good and nothing you did caused him to …
Jared Wilson writes about the adoption of what he terms ‘baptismal dual practice’. Wilson pastors an independant congregation which has members who represent both what I’ll call the ‘covenant family’ and ‘professing believer’ positions on baptism. As part of a confessing body of churches this issue is not one that we would deal with constitutionally …
Timothy Brister at Pantings and Provocations has four helpful posts about being intentional in shepherding people from being new comers at church into membership. The Assimilation Process: Part 1: First-Time Guest Part 2: New Believers Part 3: Regular Attenders Part 4: Prospective Members
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