Samuel Pearce was a Baptist pastor known in eighteenth-century England for his moving preaching and strong, pious character. In his short life, he supported believers in his own parish and in the many cities where he preached and helped send...
TREMPER LONGMAN III | WESTMONT COLLEGE I became a Christian my senior year in high school during the so-called Jesus Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was an exciting time, particularly on college campuses where there was something of...
Here at Faithlife, we know you went into ministry because you were called by God to serve his people. It’s not an easy route to success, that’s for sure. But you’ve probably faced times (even now!) when you’re not sure how you’re supposed to do...
I thought, “If a nonbeliever can study theology, certainly believers should be studying theology with folks of different theologies.”
The Bible establishes specific qualifications for pastors (see 1 Pet 5:3, 1 Tim 3:2–7, Titus 1:8, Eph 6:4). But above all, they are to “set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity” (1 Tim...
Bonhoeffer "most clearly points to the Christ as God’s Word for us, not simply to us, but emphatically on our behalf."
Preparation, Prayers, and Cookies Through intentional support, teaching while pastoring can benefit students as well as parishioners by Stephen Witmer, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Adjunct teaching can be either dynamite or disaster. When I...
A couple weeks ago, you couldn’t go on Facebook without seeing someone link to this plugin that calculated your most-used words. It runs through everything you’ve ever posted on Facebook to determine what words you say the most. The...
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You use Logos Bible Software to prepare your sermon. You dig deep into the original text. You prepare the right illustrations, stories, and questions to teach and challenge your congregation. But making all that information look excellent in a...
Logos Bible Software and Berean School of the Bible (a continuing education arm of Global University) are offering a comprehensive pastoral education and Bible study platform. With these 27 courses, now available in Logos, you can learn better...
Friday: I am home from the Moody Bible Institute Pastor's Conference—time to hit the ground running. I'm sure glad I finished that sermon before I left. Free time with my family makes it worthwhile. Sunday: Spending an awesome day in God's presence...
Some times the best thing I have to say is, “Hey, you should really go listen to someone besides me.” Such is the case today. On Monday I read a post by Matt Schmucker at the 9Marks blog on things that a pastoral candidate should ask of...
So, I’ve decided to spice things up around here and start adding some questions. I think it’ll be interesting to see how people weigh in on various seminary related questions. Today’s question is one that I think is particularly...
So, as part of this blog I’ll be chronicling my journey to and in seminary. So, to catch you up to speed we need to go back… way back… I’d say it was in middle school (about 18 years ago) that I first felt a...
In my never ending quest to provide information that will help you decide on the right seminary for you, I occasionally find other people who have weighed in on the subject. Today I came across an older post by Mark Denver at togetherforthegospel...