Do I have to join a church to be be a Christian?
Your soul needs more than information. In a local church, your preacher is also your pastor who can know you, care for you, and help you.
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How to pastor women (without making them uncomfortable)
In the #MeToo Era, many pastors live as though God will not hold them accountable for the souls of women in their church.
Homosexuality and the Bible
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4 keys to actually start praying for persecuted Christians
The persecuted church needs our prayer. Here’s how you can help.
Feature review: Teaching the World
Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education by John Cartwright, Gabriel Etzel, Christopher Jackson, and Timothy Paul Jones (Baker Academic 2017, $19.99) Review by RuthAnne Irvin Humans interact with more technology today than ever before. Most traditional forms of education, media, and communication shifted with technological advances, that brought both advantages and prospective challenges.…
Book and Music Reviews: ‘Jesus the Messiah’; ‘Uncomfortable’; ‘Prayers of the Saints’
Jesus the Messiah: A Survey of the Life of Christ by Robert H. Stein (IVP Academic, 2017, $27) Review by Andrew J.W. Smith From a former Southern Seminary New Testament and hermeneutics professor comes this new paperback version of his 1996 survey of the life of Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah. Robert H. Stein, currently…
SBTS Missions Heritage Stretches to its Earliest Days
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Do church plants kill sending churches?
My sending church died two years after our launch. What went wrong?
Should you use a Bible reading plan?
Giving people a plan gives them an incentive to read the entire Bible.
5 friends every pastor needs
Isolation is not good for a pastor, his wife and family, or the church he serves.
When should pastors let members leave?
As pastors, we must lovingly guide those whom God has placed under our care to steward their privilege of church membership well.
45 ways to waste your time in seminary
You will languish in seminary if you protect yourself from real fellowship by only talking about theology and never about your personal spiritual issues, sin, and struggles.
The Pastor as Theologian
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The selfish reason to stay at the same church for a long time
When a pastor remains at the same church for a long time, the church flourishes. So does the pastor.
The church’s role in racial reconciliation: a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr.
“Segregation is a moral evil which no Christian can accept. The church must make it clear that if we are to be true witnesses of Jesus Christ, we can no longer give our allegiance to a system of segregation.”
Does my church have to confirm my call to ministry?
It’s not like the internal call comes from God and the external comes from man. No, God works through people in both cases.
6 reasons every Christian should study theology
Each doctrine revealed in the Word of God is true. Each has been revealed that it might be believed. We cannot therefore omit any one.
Are there different degrees of eternal rewards and punishment?
Our great reward is Christ himself. All believers receive this salvation.