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 …
Worldliness: Resisting the Temptation of a Fallen World is edited by C.J. Mahaney and is authored by a consortium of Sovereign Grace Ministries ministers including Bob Kauflin. Mark Dever blurbs that this book is specific enough to be helpful, grace-filled enough to be really helpful. Dever really nails it with that statement. This book can be …
He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World Author: R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN-10: 0-8024-5489-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-5489-8 List Price: $22.99 Format: Hardcover In He is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., has given pastors a very concise and readable book on the challenging task of preaching …
“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, …
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 …
In a world where Old Testament introductory textbooks are overly academic and boring, Sandra Richter has breathed fresh air. The Epic of Eden is an exciting look at the Old Testament that focuses more on redemption history and biblical theology than on extra-biblical sources to provide information on the history of God’s redemption in the …
“We preach Christ not because Christianity is merely a superior philosophy or worldview, nor because we are smart enough to embrace the gospel, but because we have met the Savior, we have been claimed by the gospel, and we have been transformed by the renewing of our minds. Our preaching is not a matter of …
I recently came across this very insightful interview with Tim Keller on preaching. Over the past two years, it is the most read post over at Unashamed Workman. Check out the short interview here. Note this very helpful advice for pastors, that Keller added as a comment to the original post: “My, you work …