Here is some wisdom from Martin Luther regarding the source of the call to ministry and the sign of an authentic calling. True ministers recieve a clear call from God and true ministers preach the true words of God.
“The call is not to be taken lightly. For a person to possess knowledge is not enough. [...]
I’m usually always reading something. Hopefully this year will be no different. However two books I desire to work through systematically within the year is the MacArthur daily bible (Christmas present from my wife Laura) and John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian religion.
The bible is my primary objective, as good as some books are, there is [...]
Church planting is definitely ‘in’. It seems to be the ‘now thing’. All you need to do is check out the websites of some of the most popular Christian denominations and movements and you will see just how ‘in’ church planting is. The websites of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill, New Frontiers, Tim Chester’s Crowded House, [...]
One of the greatest areas of division among Christians has been, and continues to be, the issue of spiritual gifts. In particular the gifts of speaking in tongues and prophesy. I plan to explore these areas over several blog posts. This post is going to look at the biblical attitude towards speaking in tongues and prophesying.
Attitude [...]
Well, I’ve just returned from the Scottish Highlands and for three days I’ve been mobile-less, blog-less but not book-less! My holiday companion was this book by Kevin Deyoung and Ted Kluck Why were not emmergent (by two guys who should be).
Whats it all about?
As you can tell the book is about the emergent church [...]
