February, 2006
Inspired or Discouraged?
Tell me this hasn’t been some great material from Mark, Al and Lig on reading! And Lig informs me that he still has 4 more posts on this topic for us. We should also commend whoever had the idea to ask these men the question about their practice of reading and study. As we read [...]
Pastors – Studying and Reading (3)
Next comes the question of "how you read and study." My comments so far obviously indicate that reading will be a major aspect of your ongoing study as a Gospel minister. That is wholly appropriate, especially in light of our evangelical doctrine of revelation God communicates to us in propositions (no matter what our [...]
More Mark Dever and Evangelism
My most recent post and my time with Mark yesterday reminded me of one of the finest messages I have heard on evangelism, given by none other than Mark Dever! It was after this message that I began to pester Mark about writing a much-needed book on evangelism that would combine sound theological foundations with [...]
Pastors – Studying and Reading (2)
The matter of "what to study?" is of vital importance for a pastor in a day when so much of the literature peddled on the Christian market is drivel. In fact, if it is in the Christian Top 50, then it unfortunately has a 90 to 94% probability of falling into that category (which means [...]
Meeting Mark Dever and Evangelism
In a recent post (Snow and Evangelism), my good friend Mark Dever humbly asked for our prayers. He wrote, "Pray that I be a better, more obedient, more active personal evangelist." My friend, I will pray for you, but first I want to express my gratefulness to God for your compelling example of personal and [...]
Ministry for Members
Let me make myself unpopular. One of the reasons we (Capitol Hill Baptist Church) are called a cult is because we limit responsibility for ministry (from leading Bible studies, to being responsible for refreshments after church) to members of our congregation. We figure that we best serve the individuals wanting to minister by requiring them [...]
Piper's Surgery
Brothers, just a reminder to pray. John Piper is scheduled for his surgery tomorrow morning.
Great Post, Al
Al, great review on your blog today about Barna’s Revolution!
Pastors – Studying and Reading (1)
Protestant pastors don’t read or study very much these days, and most churches don’t encourage them to do so. There are fewer pastor-readers than ever before (and surfing the web, dabbling in this oddity and that, doesn’t count!). Church members and even officers sometimes have a hard time appreciating how much time a good message [...]
Revisiting the Revolution
Mark asked for responses to George Barna’s latest book, Revolution. I promised to do so and I have now published a full review, available here. It may spark some further discussion — at least I hope so. In one sense, the book is something of a poison pill for evangelical Christianity. Oddly enough, some denominational [...]
