Dan Phillips writes about church membership covenants at Pyromaniacs. As he considers the contrast between what could be termed low expectation and high expectation covenants he also notes a missing aspect of the whole issue: what the church leaders should be covenanting with the membership. He asks: Where is the elder-board’s (or whoever’s) list of …
In the book ‘Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns’, T. David Gordon questions why being ‘contemporary’ has become the great aim of segments of the present day church, when that aim that has never been shared by any previous generation of the church. Is there a good reason why Johnny and this present generation must junk …
Friends, expository preaching is what you need to be listening for tomorrow. If it’s not what you’re getting on a regular basis, ask your preacher why they’re giving you their thoughts instead of God’s Word. In preparation for Sunday, here’s some lyrics from Shai Linne’s song which is variously titled Expository Preaching or Expositional Preaching …
From David Robertson, minister of St. Peters’ Free Presbyterian Church, Dundee. Robertson notes that many are observing the ongoing debate within his own denomination about whether they will allow the singing of material not sourced from the Bible in their worship services. What this post is about though is an issue that Robertson notes in …
