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If you are a regular reader of this blog then you may have noticed one of many threads that have frequently run through my posts this past year; that is, spiritual rest comes from focusing on our identity in Christ.
Continue readingFor months now, I have been occasionally blogging through Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from the Puritans. In one of the closing chapters, Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter remind their fellow pastors of the reward of grace. “The hope of
Continue reading“A Cloud of Witnesses” is another edifying chapter in Encouragement for Today’s Pastors by Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter. The emphasis of the chapter is the practice of the Puritan pastors to gain strength and courage by feeding regularly on
Continue readingFellow believer and minister of the gospel—take heart. The Lord knows of your service for Him. Regardless of the immediate visible results of our ministries, God honors the faithful minister even today in his high calling. The work of pastors,
Continue readingThe Puritans will be forever-famous for their soul-work, their application of the truths of Scripture to all of life, but especially to the issues of the heart. This faithful, pastoral work was the result of a conviction that all theology,
Continue readingMonday can be an awful day for pastors who take their calling seriously. Not only are they often spent at every level from giving all they have to the preaching of God’s Word and other duties that are incumbent upon
Continue readingThis past Monday, the pastors of our church spent the day in prayer at a nearby retreat center. Prior to the time in which we focused on praying for the leaders of the church, I read out loud the following
Continue readingThe past few days, I’ve been feeding my soul from Encouragement for Today’s Pastors: Help from the Puritans, by Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter. These short essays are given as a gift to those who need soul refreshment. After quoting
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
