I’m currently immersed in a wide ranging study on biblical leadership and so quotes and articles on the subject easily catch my eye, as did this piece from Philip Towner’s excellent commentary on The Letters to Timothy and Titus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006 p269) “Today…candidates for leadership in the church are often measured by the…
“Given the overt danger of religious excess in this area, one might have expected Christians in the public eye to be circumspect in endorsing such mania. However, one is disappointed” writes Paul Mills in this excellent piece in Evangelicals Now. Please do read it. So good to read such a helpful, biblically reasoned article. I…
1708 HT: Dan Graves WE KNOW that Francis Makemie came to the American colonies in 1682 or after—the year Laggan Presbytery in Ireland ordained him to evangelize in America. Where or when he landed, we do not know. Yet he would become a notable Presbyterian founder, preaching in Barbadoes, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York.…
1872 HT: Dan Graves Although the son of an earl, Ashley Cooper was neglected and abused. His father bullied him. Bringing him to one of the boarding schools which he would attend, his father knocked down the sensitive boy at the door and advised the tutor to do the same. Ashley carried scars of depression…
Today, Saturday 2nd, is my monthly Ministry Matters mentoring day with Sebastian, Ramone, William and Colin. Please pray for us all as we consider matters related to pastoral theology and expository preaching and seek, like iron on iron, to sharpen up our thinking and build one another up in the things of the Lord.