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The Nature Of Ministry

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

PRIESTLY OR PROPHETIC? BARRY CHANT In his penetrating volume The Genius of Puritanism, Peter Lewis draws a fascinating distinction between the priestly model and the prophetic model of public worship. This distinction seems to me to be pertinent to the current debate over the nature of ministry. It is obvious we are in a time […]

St John Chrysostom, Treatise On The Priesthood

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Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Dear All, Each year since leaving Protestant Pastoral Seminary/training to become orthodox (1995) I have tried to read the six short books of St John Chrysostom in his dialogue with St Basil “On the Priesthood.” Here below are a collection of excellent quotes from that work which have educated me […]

Should Churches Have Buildings?

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Are religious buildings really necessary for Christ’s kingdom to increase? If they are not, our methods and traditions may be holding things back. Me, I wish that Christians owned every building on the planet. They don’t and they won’t. In my opinion, a building can and should be used for the glory of God. Problem […]

Wisdom From Jim Rohn

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The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware of hidden traps. Learning is the beginning of wealth. Searching is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles. […]

Church: A Discipling Community; The

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-016 (Sermon – topical) THE CHURCH: A DISCIPLING COMMUNITY (John 15:1-8) “Science and technology are full of surprises,” said Greg Callaghan, writing in The Australian Magazine (30-31 May 1998), “and at no other time in history have they radiated such rich potential. Human ingenuity may just save us from becoming part of […]

Church: A Serving Community, The

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-021 (Sermon – topical) THE CHURCH: A SERVING COMMUNITY (Luke 10:25-37) by Rod Benson Douglas Coupland, who coined the term ‘Generation X’, concludes in his book Life After God, “my secret is that I need God – that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to […]

How To Help Your Friend – And Others

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) Let your light shine before others, so that they may […]

Singing In Church

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Darren wrote: > I’m told at times our music is too loud. Part of the issue may be the musos getting carried away and the mixing & speakers being too > high sometimes. But also we don’t have any carpet (since that was pulled up a few years back), nor curtains (which means we can’t […]

Path To Effective Ministry

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-026 (Sermon – topical) THE PATH TO EFFECTIVE MINISTRY (1 Corinthians 12:1-11) by Rod Benson Russ Blowers is a pastor and an active member of the Indianapolis Rotary Club. Each week at club meetings a different member gives a brief summary of his job. This is what Russ said: “I’m with a […]

Hanson On Ministry

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Christian Quotation of the Day January 26, 2002 Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963 The… task of the ministry is, not to undertake some specialist activity from which the rest of the faithful are excluded, but to pioneer in doing that which […]

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