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 …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 40 Q & A 91 Q How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation? A The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that does administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit …
A while ago I wrote a post on funerals which some people found helpful. Harry Reeder (Embers To A Flame, Briarwood Presbyterian Church USA) offers these extended thoughts on his blog about the opportunity to offer the Gospel through funerals, whether for those who did not profess faith in Christ or those who did: Interestingly, …
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 …
