A Radical Call to Gospel Centered Stewardship

John Piper seems to often have a way with words. As a “retirement age” pastor, he has the experiential weight to criticize modern ideas of retirement in light of the gospel. This video does that well and is a rallying cry to all of us toward gospel centered stewardship.

Pastor’s Work = Book Work

“The Word of God that saves and sanctifies, from generation to generation, is preserved in a book.  And therefore at the heart of every pastor’s work is book work.  Call it reading, mediation, reflection, cogitation, study, exegesis, or whatever you will–a large and central part of our work is to wrestle God’s meaning from a …

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Feed Your Soul, Feed Your People

“What a preacher Augustine became in his passion not to be ‘silent’ about the all-satisfying pleasures at God’s right hand!  ‘Can any man say enough when he speaks of you?’  He explained to his own congregation how his preaching came to be: ‘I go to feed [myself] so that I can give you to eat.  …

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Three Books Worth Your Time

The Gospel in Human Contexts by Paul Hiebert. Hiebert’s book is written with a focus on international missions, but in the glocal we find ourselves in today, cultural anthropology and missiological focus is needed as much in the Christian West as in the far East. What then is the relationship between the gospel and human …

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A Word of Care

Jesus did not neglect his natural responsibilities in light of his Spiritual responsibilities. He cared for his mother, even from the cross. February 28, 2010–A Word of Care–John 19:25-27 from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Multi-Tasking and Sermon Preparation

I ran across a quick article from Matt Perman of Desiring God, that addresses the issue of multitasking. Surprisingly (at least to me) his article outlines some findings from a research study at Stanford University that discovered the more a person multi-tasks, the worse they get at it. Multitasking, in short, is not only not …

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Amazing Grace

Below is a testimony given by Dr. Chuck Lawless, Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during a chapel service last week.  Dr. Lawless is a godly man, and I am thankful that I was able to learn from his life and teaching while a student at Southern.  …

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Disciplined Pastoral Ministry

“Preachers must discipline their lives so that there is no time in the pastoral week when a sermon is not in process, when the pastor is not wrestling with the biblical text and the demands of the congregational context.  Preaching is hard work, requiring the cultivation of a host of skills that are difficult to …

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My New Discipleship Strategy

On Monday, I made a new friend. I was introduced to a first grader who has no dad at home and needs tons of attention. He struggles in reading class and in other areas, but has an incredible smile and is enjoyable to be around. Did I mention that he needs Jesus? I don’t know …

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Our Idolatrous Hearts…

Cam Huxford from the Mars Hill Downtown Seattle campus created this beautiful video to tell of his idolatry. Pastors, what idols does God need to crush in your life? Ask Him… “Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”