The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan-Feb 2011 Attending this conference was a great way to prepare myself for my ordination. It was a double blessing because several brothers also got to join. To see the video, click here. Here is […]
Desiring God Pastor's Conference 2011: Dr. Joel Beeke Speaks on Cultivating Private Prayer
The Powerful Life of the Praying Pastor: In His Room, With His Family, Among the People of God Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan-Feb 2011 Attending this conference was a great way to prepare myself for my ordination. It was a double blessing because several brothers also got to join. To see the video, go to http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/cultivating-private-prayer-as-a-pastor Here […]
John Piper's prayer for Japan
Here is a prayer by John Piper for Japan. The power of moving water is greater than most of us can imagine. Nothing stands before it. We are driven to our knees: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG8vLbYxmpQ&feature=player_embedded] Father in heaven, you are the absolute Sovereign over the shaking of the earth, the rising of the sea, and the raging […]
Book Review: The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
The two most easily recognizable hallmarks of secularization in America are the exaltation of numbers and of technique. ~Os Guinness, p.24 Here are the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church: #1 Expositional Preaching I will sometimes be surprised by the point of the passage and therefore by what must become the point of my message… […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 4 of 4)
To sum up what we’ve talked about so far — 1) What is the most important thing to keep in mind when seeking after and exercising spiritual gifts? Answer: love for God and for people. Love is the greater gift, greater than all the other spiritual gifts. Love is the prerequisite before you can start […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 3 of 4)
This discussion about the Trinity and how God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are involved in giving various categories of spiritual gifts is related to the next question. What are 2 things that the gifts reveal about the nature of God? Trinity – Three in One. Each Person in the Trinity is unified, […]