Archive for October 2018
The Problem of Prayerlessness
I have pastored two churches over the past decade, and I’ve been involved with networks, organizations, seminaries, collectives, and other groups of Christians. I’ve sat with visionary leaders who have churches filled with great systems. I’ve also sat with leaders who aren’t visionary and who have churches with poor systems. I’ve done ministry with gifted…
Read MoreGetting All the Good Things In: The Puritans on the Good Source, Effects, and Benefits of Holiness
The new issue of Credo Magazine has been recently released: Holiness. The following is an excerpt from Jenny-Lyn de Klerk article, Getting All the Good Things In: The Puritans on the Good Source, Effects, and Benefits of Holiness. Jenny-Lyn de Klerk is the Puritan Project Assistant at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada (follow her on Instagram @puritanjenny) and a…
Read MorePreaching from Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
Two previous posts looked at challenges for understanding Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther related to historical background and biblical theology. This post will begin addressing the challenge of preaching from these books. All too often preachers resort to using these books in an allegorical way or as illustrations of leadership principles derived from nonbiblical sources, instead…
Read MoreNew Video: Can justification give me confidence to preach?
Can justification give me confidence to preach? How does salvation by faith alone serve the preacher amidst feelings of weakness, inadequacy, or fear of man? In what ways does justification inform the disposition of the preacher? In this new Credo video, Matthew Barrett is joined by Jared Wilson to discuss how our approval before God…
Read MoreCan justification give me confidence to preach?
Can justification give me confidence to preach? How does salvation by faith alone serve the preacher amidst feelings of weakness, inadequacy, or fear of man? In what ways does justification inform the disposition of the preacher? In this new Credo video, Matthew Barrett is joined by Jared Wilson to discuss how our approval before God…
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