On the first Sunday after regular services resumed at the Third Presbyterian Church, Pastor Jones noticed an unusual joy and earnestness in both his own preaching and prayers, and…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMinistry
The Duties of Civil Magistrates
Lessons from the Westminster Confession of Faithby Brian Cosby April 21, 2020During this unusual season of global pandemic, government officials have shut down businesses, restricted travel, and banned gatherings of various sizes. Because of this, lawsuits have been filed and…
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“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor As preachers, we are subject to the…
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The past three weeks have proved to be an unprecedented time of uncertainty for people throughout the world. Concern over the impact of the coronavirus has seized medical professionals,…
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ChurchLeadershipMinistry
The Coronavirus Crisis and the Deacons of the Church
by Daniel Schrock March 23, 2020The novel coronavirus that precipitated our current global crisis has shaken us into a strange new world filled with many uncertainties. Collectively we are beginning to awaken to the…
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ChurchLeadershipMinistryWorship
The Portrait of a Pastor
The Priorities of Pastoral Ministryby Doug Griffith March 9, 2020Being raised in a non-Christian home, I didn’t have a healthy model of a biblical pastor or church. I began ministry nearly 40 years ago and, while I had…
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Self-Awareness, Love, and Overreaction
by Nick Batzig November 13, 2019As a teenager, I longed to be whatever my father was not. If he wore a dress shirt and khakis, I sported a t-shirt and jeans. If he listened…
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Aug/Sept 2019 edition of the Banner of Truth magazine. Used here by permission. Lord’s Day worship is the grand theater of Christian…
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ConfessionalLeadershipMinistry
Cultural Magisterium or Biblical Magisterium?
Time to Stand - Where Do I Stand? - Here I Stand!by Harry Reeder July 5, 2019On a cold October 31 morning in the year of our Lord 1517, a tempestuous professor of theology from the Augustinian University of Wittenberg seeking to secure a theological…