Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Work of the Pastor by William Still


Ben and Dave and I have or [in my case] are reading The Work of the Pastor by William Still. Great read! I think it would be helpful for every church member to read and to meditate on a great question: What is the work of the Pastor? Here's a quote that I found to be very convicting:

"The pastor is called to feed the sheep, even if the sheep do not want to be fed. He is certainly not to become an entertainer of goats. Let goats entertain goats, and let them do it out in goatland. You will certainly not turn goats into sheep by pandering to their goatishness." William Still [1911-1997] The Work of the Pastor





































"The pastor is called to feed the sheep, even if the sheep do not want to be fed. He is certainly not to become an entertainer of goats. Let goats entertain goats, and let them do it out in goatland. You will certainly not turn goats into sheep by pandering to their goatishness." William Still [1911-1997] The Work of the Pastor

Thursday, December 22, 2011

feeling the weight of our lawlessness so that we can wonder at the lustre of God's grace "in Christ."

"If we were suspended over a chasm by a chain of ten links, how many links have to break before we fall? If while driving down the highway, we're pulled over by a police officer because we're speeding, does it make any difference to the officer that we haven't broken the income tax laws or stolen anything from our neighbors? Obedience to one law doesn't negate disobedience to another law. To break one is to become a lawless person." Warren Wiersbe on Zechariah 5:4

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Really excited about tonight!

Hey, I'm at my office printing the programs for tonight's concert at the Waverly Community House. The program is beautiful. The choir sounds great, the Scripture and other readings are true, and the location is ideal. Hope you can make it. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Unhelpful

Because of the inherent power of music, the texts we sing about God can be especially helpful [texts that teach and admonish], harmful [texts that are heretical or theologically inaccurate], or unhelpful [texts that are superficial or shallow]. Having just listened to a raft of new worship songs at worshiptogether.com, I can't say the texts I listened to were either helpful or harmful—just musically unsingable and textually unhelpful.

Cancer cannot determine when you go home. Only your Father can.

Amazing faith from R.C. Sproul Jr. whose wife Denise is battling Leukemia.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/rc-sproul-jr/the-kingdom-notes-the-terminal/201453839936152

Racism and "the ethnic universality of God's Mercy"

Racism contradicts "the ethnic universality of God's mercy" as seen in Jonah: "And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city?" [Jonah 4:11]

Jesus and Paul: We preach Christ crucified

“It’s startling that Jesus’ response to the clamoring of the Jewish sign-seekers in Matthew 12:39-40 is essentially Paul’s response to the Jewish sign-seekers in I Corinthians 1:23. ‘So you want a sign” Jesus says in Matthew 12:39-40? OK I’ll give you one. Remember Jonah? He was in the belly of the great fish for three days—so here’s the sign I’m going to give you. Like Jonah who was in the belly of the great fish for three days, so I’m going to die and lay in the belly of the earth for three days.’ And Paul’s response to the Jewish sign seekers in I Corinthians 1:23–it’s like Jesus’ response to the sign seekers of Matthew 12:39-40. Paul’s response goes something like this. ‘When Jews everywhere are seeking for signs, we’ll preach Christ crucified.’”
Lord's Day Sermon December 4, 2011