As recently mentioned, I’ve taken part in a practicum for those aspiring to the pastoral office; and I’ve found it both enlightening and encouraging. Of the materials I was required to digest by far the most encouraging was a sermon series by the well know Reformed Baptist Albert Martin. The name of his series is the same as […]
During a recent meditation on the pastoral epistles a verse jumped out on me in a new light. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. (1 Tim 6:6) I have contemplated this passage at different times throughout my short Christian life but never written my thoughts on this passage before. In the context of […]
I’ve had many conversations that have gone something like this: Me: So you enjoy studying theology? Joe Nominal: I don’t need to study theology as long as I have Jesus. That stuff just divides. I used to get frustrated to the point of acting in an un-humble, and un-Christ like way. I decided instead to point them to a verse […]