New 9Marks eJournal
The latest 9Marks eJournal is now available online. This issue is focused on Practical Advice for Young Pastors. You can see the contents of the latest journal here. Download the entire issue (pdf file) here.
Obstacles to Effective Evangelism
J.D. Greear addressed five obstacles to effective evangelism at the South Carolina Baptist State Evangelism Conference yesterday. Greear used 1 Corinthians 9:19-26 as his text and I think he did a great job. I’ve listed his five obstacles below. 1. Being satisfied with Biblical faithfulness and not effective ministry (v. 22). 2. We don’t know …
Monday Musings
“There will be very few people who are honest enough to say, ‘I don’t like your message, I don’t like to submit to this God. Yes, what you’re saying is in the Bible. But I reject the Bible because I don’t want God’s authority over my life.’ A thoroughly honest person like that is more …
Taking Time
Today is Friday, the day that I try to set aside a lot of time to spend with my family. Last week Ed Stetzer wrote a great piece on how he balances his family and ministry. He orders his priorities and sets boundaries accordingly. There is some great practical advice here for ministers. Read the …
Using Greek in the Pulpit?
Scholar, pastor, and biblical greek guru, Bill Mounce, has recently written some good advice for how to and how not to use biblical languages from the pulpit. Mounce reminds us that we can effectively show the differences in translations without giving our listeners opportunity to lose trust in God’s Word. Pastors, remember: “Do not correct …
New 9Marks Journal
The newest 9Marks Journal (January/February) is now available, and examines the task of pastoral training/mentoring in the local church. Check out the highlights here. Download the entire journal.
A Village Church with a Village God?
Do your people gather in a village church to worship a village god? Over at the 9Marks blog, Mark Dever recently wrote about how we as pastors should spend serious time thinking about how and what we pray for during our pastoral prayers in worship services. Dever is right on, that we must be clear to …
Monday Musings
“Watch your natural gifts and tendencies and idiosyncrasies. Watch them. What I mean is that they will tend to run away with you. It can all be summed up in a phrase — watch your strength. Not so much your weaknesses: it is your strength you have to watch, the things at which you excel, …
Read the Institutes This Year
Of course, we are not alone on this crusade, but we at P4P are encouraging others to join us in reading through Calvin’s Institutes this year. I know it’s already January 9th, but you can still catch up if you get started today. The folks at Reformation21 are giving alot of press to this event …