by ray | Mar 26, 2011 | Other Ministries
This was posted on the 9Marks Blog: Building Healthy Churches by Aaron Menikoff on 3/24/11. At Mount Vernon where I serve, we have been talking about moving to elders for a couple of years. Through it all, I’ve found that one of the most helpful texts to speak...
by ray | Mar 25, 2011 | Book Reviews, Quotes
The Deliberate Church After many people read “The Nine Marks of the Healthy Church,” they asked, if we realize that our church is unhealthy, what can be do concretely to become a healthy church? In his sequel, Mark Dever, pastor of Capital Hill Baptist...
by ray | Mar 22, 2011 | Devotionals
Marianne Meye Thompson (MDiv ’78) George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary Many Christians practice the discipline of “giving up” something for Lent–a favorite food, such as chocolate or coffee, or a favorite...
by ray | Mar 18, 2011 | Other Ministries
Here is an excerpt from Francis Chan’s latest sharing… I am very excited about some writing projects I am currently working on. One in particular is a discipleship project I am creating with David Platt. We have both been deeply concerned with the fact...
by ray | Mar 18, 2011 | Conferences
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...