Leadership
Searching for a pastor
Yes, you’ve heard this, but it’s worth repeating: (~) Searching for a minister One of the toughest tasks a church faces is chooing a good minister. A member of an official board undergoing this painful process finally lost patience. He’d just witnessed the Pastoral Relations Committee reject applicant after applicant for some minor fault – […]
Anger in the church
One netfriend wrote: You look at Jesus When he was discussing Truth with the Scribes and Pharisees You look at Jesus When he drove the moneychangers out of the Temple With a whip! Now you got your choice You can preach the Truth about the coming Jesus And the lies and the false prophets Thus […]
Eleven Characteristics of an Excellent Minister
John MacArthur, Jr. [Note from Rowland. I have met – and lunched with – John MacArthur, at a Moody Bible Institute conference. Whilst he and I would have a differing theological stance on a lot of things, there are some thoughtful insights here]. The epistle of I Timothy was written to instruct Timothy on how […]
The Church and its Prophets
“Can you imagine how it feels to believe in Christ and be so uncomfortable with Christianity? The church is an empty, hollow building. It’s the edifice. The established church is the edifice of Chritianity. It is as if when the spirit of God leaves a place, the only things that are left are the pillars […]
In Search of Spiritual Community
A conversation with Carmen Renee Berry “Where human frailty once served as a reason for me to withdraw from the church, with its unruly and divergent congregants, this is now what compels me back to spiritual community. I had overlooked one essential factor-that I am as finite and flawed as everyone else.” Carmen Renee Berry […]
The Gagging and Ungagging of God
by Kim Thoday Some reflections I have made upon a talk given recently by Dr Greg Elsdon, minister of the Blackwood Church of Christ, South Australia (and past Principal of the Churches of Christ Theological College). We are in an era where we have largely forgotten how to tell stories and we have largely forgotten […]
Worship wars
Rowland may I be so forward as to express some of the ways I think the Worship Wars are impacting Chruches of Christ nationally: ยท Move away from important core-values of our evangelical heritage. (namely: genuine ecumenical dialogue and missional pertnership, robust theological debate, empowerment and training of our laity, commitment to social justice issues […]
Once Upon A Pew!
Once upon a pew I sat And heard the preacher ask, “We need someone to teach a class, Now who will take this task?” Then God sat down beside me there And said, “Son, that’s for you.” “But, Lord, to stand before a class is one thing I can’t do. Now Bill would be the […]
How Revivalist Preachers Work
Part of a site that is worth looking at …. http://www.ctyme.com/bwash/bwash.htm#d ******************* How Revivalist Preachers Work If you’d like to see a revivalist preacher at work, there are probably several in your city. Go to the church or tent early and sit in the rear, about three-quarters of the way back. Most likely repetitive music […]
Preaching As Though We Had Enemies
Stanley Hauerwas The ministry seems captured in our time by people who are desperately afraid they might actually be caught with a conviction at some point in their ministry that might curtail future ambition. The high humanism of contemporary theology and preaching has reinforced the presumption that Christians can be Christians without enemies. We go […]
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