Quotes from 9Marks’ short introductory book on biblical eldership by Jeramie Rinne. (Plus a short review.) Here’s my mini-review of Church Elders: How to Shepherd God’s People like Jesus (from the Building Healthy Churches Series) by Jeramie Rinne, followed by my Kindle highlights that provide a poor-man’s summary of the book. The 9Marks crew yet again fulfills […]
Ministry
The 4 P’s of Discipleship
Do you ever overcomplicate things? Instead of taking the short, logical route while driving, you choose the roundabout way and arrive twenty minutes late to your destination. Instead of simply asking your friend a question, you think through all possible scenarios of how the conversation might go. We have the potential to overcomplicate everything—even discipleship. […]
How to Handle Ministry Success for God’s Glory
As a semi-regular preacher/teacher and regular writer on this blog and other websites, from time to time I will receive encouraging, and not so encouraging, feedback about my abilities in ministry. Everyone in ministry faces the temptation to let positive feedback fuel pride and negative feedback linger in their minds for weeks, months, or years […]
The State of Gospel Work in Latin America: Interview with Juan Sanchez
Did the Protestant Reformation largely bypass Latin America? That is what many people say, including Pastor Juan Sanchez (@manorjuan), Senior Pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, TX. Juan will be speaking at this year’s Together for the Gospel Conference (and Spanish Pre-Conference) in Louisville, Kentucky. This year’s T4G theme is We Are Protestant: The Reformation at 500. […]
Tim Keller’s 9 Questions for Sleepy and Nominal Christians
I recently attended a baptismal service and heard many testimonies from those being baptized. Many of the testimonies shared a common characteristic: people who had gone to church for years finally “got it”—and began to follow Jesus more intentionally, leading to great transformation. For some, it might have been a “born again” experience. For others a […]