Tuesday, May 04, 2010

New Site

›
Thanks to the wonderful work of Brian Denker a new site has been launched which is now the new home of the Oversight of Souls blog . The ...
2 comments:
Monday, May 03, 2010

The Value of Testimonies

›
At our church each person who wants to join the church shares their testimony with the church in our prayer meeting as part of the process....
3 comments:
Friday, April 30, 2010

Gill on the Pastorate

›
In John Gill’s exposition of Matt. 13:52 , he gives a good description of the work of the pastor: “…of which indeed Christ is properly the ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Communicating Familiar Truths Conference

›
Tomorrow Greg Thornbury & I will be speaking at the “Communicating Familiar Bible Stories in Unfamiliar Ways” conference at FBC Goodlet...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Church- Conduit of the Power of God

›
Hezekiah Harvey was a prominent Baptist preacher, teacher and author in the 19th century. His comments here on the importance of the church ...
1 comment:
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Rescue the Perishing

›
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave (Fanny Crosby) ‘Christ had the good of souls in his e...
1 comment:
Friday, April 23, 2010

Value of Studying Greek

›
From time to time here I comment on the value of Greek for ministry. Though many today seriously doubt the real, practical value of Greek st...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Faithful not Flashy

›
Years ago, while in college I read a few entries from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest . One entry really struck me and has stayed...
1 comment:
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Philips Brooks on Knowing Your Congregation

›
“Philips Brooks presented three rules to students, introducing them with due solemnity: ‘I beg you to remember them and apply them with all...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Midwest Founders Conference Messages Available

›
The messages I delivered at the Midwest Founders Conference in February are now available online. “Oversight of Souls: The Heart of Pastor...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

John Angell James on Keeping Watch

›
“The friends of evangelical doctrine, and the advocates of orthodoxy, have the following objects to keep ever in view in this age; they must...
2 comments:
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Itching Ears

›
This powerful warning from John Angell James in his valuable book, An Earnest Ministry , still applies today: “The prevailing disposition, ...
1 comment:
Monday, April 12, 2010

Tolkien’s Rangers as Pastors

›
Reading The Return of the King (third volume of The Lord of the Rings ) to my boys a comment from Halbarad, a Ranger and kin of Aragorn, st...
1 comment:
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Singing Psalm 127

›
Psalm singing continues to be a great joy in my family having a standard place at our evening meal. We began a little over a year ago with P...