From the category archives:
Preachers and their churches occasionally have differing expectations regarding how many times the preacher will deliver a message each week. Some churches expect serious, sermon-type preaching three times each week: Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening. Some preachers are pressed to develop a single expository sermon for Sunday morning alone.
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“[E]pository preaching is a difficult task. . . .”
“To make a discourse which shall be explanatory and yet truly oratorical, bearing a rich mass of details but not burdened with them, full of Scripture and abounding in practical application, to bring even dull, uninformed and unspiritual minds into interested and profitable contact with an extended [...]
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The most direct way of training men in the context of the local church is through mentoring.
One on one mentoring can be one of the most rewarding methods of training others. It may possibly be the most difficult as well. It involves an investing, or pouring, of one’s life into another. It involves some vulnerability, [...]
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The church is called “a pillar and buttress of truth” (1 Tim. 3:15 ESV). The model of theological training presented in the Scriptures is one that directly involves the local church, particularly as qualified men train others to teach others (2 Tim. 2:2).
I began seminary classes in the Spring of 2007, by distance education. I [...]
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It’s amazing how beautiful the Gospel is when you’re talking to someone who is really hurting.
In American we don’t really believe in death
Our whole economic system (selling pleasure and comfort) depends on ignoring the reality that our lives all end in a nightmare of physical decay
Only a Gospel worldview can makes sense out of this [...]
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Les Puryear has posted an article by Keith Drury (Prof. at Indiana Wesleyan University) listing some benefits of pastoring a small church for young pastors.
Small churches are forgiving.
Small churches are grateful.
Small churches give you a chance to do everything.
Small churches are good laboratories for relational ministry
Small churches will develop you.
Small churches will let you preach.
Small [...]
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Tonight, I had a long conversation with my friend Trevin Wax that made its way back to our calling as local church pastors. We were discussing how ministering to real people tends to help young guys, like us, learn some much needed humility and maturity.
Zeal Without Love
Of course, none of us are qualified for the [...]
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