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Pastoring

Church Life

Posted Jan 18 2009

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you – Matthew 28:19-20
Here Jesus succinctly sums up the entire purpose of his church, the commission he has given us.
Go. We […]

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New sermon series: Preaching for Pastors

Posted Oct 28 2008

Faithful preachers are among God’s best gifts…

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Expository? Preaching?

Posted Oct 21 2008

Wayne Mack gives this sage-but-simple counsel to preachers:
I think there are two really, really basic mistakes you don’t want to make if you are an expository preacher. Yet the crazy thing is, I’m convinced these are two of the most common mistakes preachers make.
The first mistake is not to carefully exposit the passage you […]

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A readiness to present the message that is needed

Posted Jul 07 2008

Yesterday I finished reading Jay Adams’ little, but very helpful, book Truth Applied. In his typically good-humored and accessible — but practical and powerful — style, Adams lays out in the opening pages the importance of “applying” truth:
When you “apply” pressure to a wound, you make forceful contact with it in order to stop the […]

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Full of Goodness

Posted Apr 24 2008

by Justin Huffman
Have you ever wondered what made Jesus so effective in reaching out to and helping others? Granted, He knew the Scriptures backwards and forwards and applied God’s Word perfectly to each person’s situation. But what made the people willing to listen to Him in the first place? How did they know they could […]

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