Without knowledge of church history and biography our doctrinal understanding will lack depth and context. From Mark Rogers on Andy Naselli’s blog. 1. Theological Millard Erickson is right, “History is theology’s laboratory, in which it can assess the ideas that it espouses or considers espousing.” (Christian Theology, 28). Church history shows us our theological blind …
I am a bit bemused to find out someone has declared October Pastor’s Appreciation Month. Every month feels like that to me, but I found these posts about the topic not too over the top. They pretty much sum up my ongoing experience here at mgpc. So, if you’re from another church and want your …
When I was training for ministry twenty years ago the phrase ‘a pastor’s heart’ kept coming up again and again. I don’t hear it so much these days. It seems the emphasis now rests on the pastor’s management or entrepreneurial (or coffee-making) skills. Craig Barnes, pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, professor of leadership and ministry …
Living in a small town, meeting with its other pastors from week to week, you get to hear about folk who flow around town from church to church looking for something that suits them. When I studied politics (back in the day) the term to describe someone who had ever voted for more than one …
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