Category: Application

A Call to the Ministry

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 […]

Godliness with Contentment Is Great Gain

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 […]

Thoughts On Christian Maturity From Hebrews

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 […]