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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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ChurchReformationTheologyWorship
A Time of Pestilence, a Time of Thanksgiving
by Zachary Groff March 17, 2020When German Lutheran pastor, Martin Rinkart (1586–1649), penned the familiar hymn “Now Thank We All Our God” as a prayer to be offered before meals, he probably was not…
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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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ChurchConfessionalTheology
Striking at the Vitals of Religion
The Courage to Discipline Theological Errorby Nick Willborn February 25, 2020One of the marks of a genuine church of Jesus Christ has, for centuries, been the proper biblical discipline of those who sin and live in that sin in…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadership
Church Discipline as a “Mark” of the Church
by Adam Parker February 9, 2020When you think of church discipline, what comes to mind? Those with more colorful imaginations may think of the Spanish Inquisition. Others may think of a pastor with a…
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ChurchLeadership
A Deliberative Body
Part 2 - One Reason Why the Old Side/New Side Debate is Important for Todayby Donny Friederichsen January 11, 2020In the first part of this article, I attempted to lay out the biblical call and necessity of unity in the visible church. One implication is that the church…
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ChurchLeadership
A Deliberative Body
Part 1 - Unity in the Visible Churchby Donny Friederichsen November 25, 2019Presbyterian churches are deliberative bodies. When decisions are made, they are determined through voting and majority rule. This process is biblical. This process maintains the unity of the church.…
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LeadershipMinistrySanctification
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…