by Crystal | May 30, 2010 | A Pastor's Heart
Keeping Preaching and the Ordinances Together, Part 2 May 30, 2010 Inlast week’s column, we noted that preaching and the ordinances (i.e., baptismand the Lord’s Supper) have historically been the two identifying marks of atrue church. If you think about it, these two...
by Crystal | May 23, 2010 | A Pastor's Heart
Keeping Preaching and the Ordinances Together, Part 1 May 23, 2010 What’s thedifference between a church and a gathering of random Christians? Could we callit “church” if we’re gathered with others in a small group? Is the youth groupsort of a little church? We could...
by Crystal | May 16, 2010 | A Pastor's Heart
Acceptable Worship, Part 2 May 16, 2010 How do wedetermine what are appropriate expressions of worship to God? Anyone who readsthe Scriptures honestly will know the importance of the question. God rejectedCain’s offering (Gen 4), He almost destroyed the Israelites for...
by Crystal | May 9, 2010 | A Pastor's Heart
Over the past few months, the elders have made some changes to our 11 AM Sunday worship gathering, and we’ll probably make a few more in the months to come. So you might be wondering, with respect to our worship service, how do we determine what’s appropriate and...
by Crystal | May 2, 2010 | A Pastor's Heart
Fight for your Life May 2, 2010 There’sa chapter in one of my books on pastoral ministry entitled “Brothers, Fight forYour Life.” Know what it’s about? Not temptation or spiritual warfare. Norabout personal priorities, spiritual disciplines, or time management....
