Ministry Practicum Sermon

I have been blessed by my mem­ber­ship in Par­sons Bap­tist Church in a sim­i­lar way to Kemp Road Bap­tist Church. At both churches the lead­er­ship there desired to aid men in dis­cern­ing God’s pos­si­ble call on their lives into the min­istry. At Par­sons, Pas­tor Charles Blake set up a min­istry practicum to expose a man to the var­i­ous the­o­log­i­cal, per­sonal and min­is­te­r­ial oblig­a­tions sur­round­ing a man in ministry.

One of the parts of the practicum was to preach on a Wednes­day night. I did this recently, and I’d like to share the ser­mon to request any feed­back any­one might have. I chose Gala­tians 6:1–2 as my pas­sage to exegete.

Brethren, even if any­one is caught in any tres­pass, you who are spir­i­tual, restore such a one in a spirit of gen­tle­ness; each one look­ing to your­self, so that you too will not be tempted. Bear one another’s bur­dens, and thereby ful­fill the law of Christ. (NASV)

I love all of Gala­tians, but this pas­sage in par­tic­u­lar has proven to be a daily real­ity in the daily bat­tle against sin and temp­ta­tion, and I encour­age med­i­ta­tion on the pas­sage and its impli­ca­tions for your walk in obe­di­ence to Christ and his call.

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