1) What should we make of this pause in plans? and 2) What does waiting look like for a church that is committed to planting churches?
How We Communicate - Part 6
The Goal of Missions is Church Partnerships
How We Communicate - Part 5
How We Communicate - Part 4
The Beginning of Wisdom
What is the purpose of wisdom literature? Why this unique genre in the midst of the Old Testament? We could say that the Pentateuch, historical books and prophets are all dealing with what God says. The wisdom books are men speaking what God says, back to Him. So, what do we need to know from the wisdom books?
Elder's Note: Community Atmosphere
The topic is community in the church. Community is the true unity of brothers and sisters produced by sincere love expressed in the many “one another” passages in the Bible. This sounds like a piece of heaven here and now. But achieving it is messy at best. I’m going to divide this writing into two parts.
Elder's Note: Evangelistic Fervor
How We Communicate - Part 3
May Book Review: The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston
We may think that biblical counseling is something new on the scene – Thomas Boston proves otherwise as he, along with many other puritans brought practical application of the Word to the trials the flock faced in their day. He also wrote several works that profoundly impacted the common people among whom he ministered. One of those books is, The Crook in the Lot. The purpose of the book is to help you face affliction with faith (“not by sense”) and to properly interpret suffering and trials through the lens of Scripture and the redeeming work of Christ.
Worship: Why We Do What We Do On a Sunday Morning, Part 5
Elder's Note: Ethical Integrity
Surely there is untapped potential for evil lurking in every human heart and the news stories that we read should cause us to reflect on the state of our own hearts. They should remind us that apart from the work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and his Spirit at work within us that we too would be lost in a sea of ethical confusion.
March Book Review: Discovering the Joy of a Clear Conscience
Worship: Why We Do What We Do On A Sunday Morning, Part 4
How We Communicate - Part 2
Elder's Note: Ministry Training
How We Communicate – Part 1
Elder's Note: Why Should We Hold Fast To Doctrine?
February Book Review: Graciousness by John Crotts
In Graciousness: Tempering Truth With Love author John Crotts seeks to provide readers with a “wide variety of practical methods for cultivating graciousness in the Christian life. This will equip Christians who are passionately committed to truth to put on a corresponding Christlike heart of graciousness.”
