Transcript from the video post on the Desiring God blog. Question: Having been through PhD studies, would you recommend other pastors pursue this course of education? Piper’s answer: You mean, already-pastoring pastors or planning-to-be pastors? I’ll answer both. If you’re already a pastor, I wouldn’t get a PhD. It’s a lot of work, and the …
I’m on extended leave/sabbatical at the moment. So, this week’s song is Atonement by Shai Linne. Not really for congregational singing (not ours, anyway), but very cool. Stephen McDonald featured it in a post on his blog. Linne’s thing is Christian rap/hip-hop. He’s currently finishing off an internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, where Mark …
John Ortberg explains the process by which giving in to temptation can become part of a dysfunctional Christian life, from Temptation: How Not To get Hooked, Chapter 12 of The Me I Want To Be: The first thing we must do if we are going to give in to temptation is wrapped up in the …
What good does it do me to tell me that the type of religion presented in the Bible is a very fine type of religion and that the thing for me to do is just to start practicing that type of religion now? … I will tell you, my friend. It does not one tiniest …
