At our pastor’s prayer meeting this morning one of my colleagues (Dean) mentioned a book, The Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ by Andrew Purves. What do you know, but in my rss reader was a post by Justin Taylor quoting from the book. Some other blogs picked it up …

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To celebrate the approaching completion of our chapter-a-week reading of Isaiah at our morning Service at mgpc, here’s a post from Brian Croft which points out the importance of Scripture reading during corporate worship. This is not the same thing as simply sprinkling Bible verses through a talk, the purpose of which is to illustrate …

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Bruce Benedict of Cardiphonia and Zac Hicks of Cherry Creek Presbyterian attended The National Worship Leader Conference (NWLC). They each provide a post at their respective blogs which contain some of their impressions, critiques and constructive analysis. Both are worth a read. Benedict’s head points. (Read the full post here): A Newly Discovered 4th Member …

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Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 32 Q & A 134 Q Which is the sixth commandment? A The sixth commandment is, “You shall not murder”. Q & A 135 Q What are the duties required in the sixth commandment? A The duties required in the sixth commandment are, all careful studies, and lawful endeavors, …

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