The Baptists had insisted that the way Jesus made disciples was by teaching and persuasion, not by coercion. They held that the government has no competence in religion, and when it seeks to enforce faith it creates wars of religion and hypocrites who claim a faith they do not actually hold… Following a thicker Jesus […]
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I became a fan of Lee Irons because of his work (with the late Meredith Kline) developing the the Framework interpretation of the first three chapters of Genesis. Irons was later censured by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He has thorough documented his case online, most recently with a blog about his successful ordination as ruling
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I jotted down a couple thoughts during a recent worship service at the local Presbyterian church: Tiny church: you feel alone, like it’s you vs. the world. Big church: you worship God in community, gathered, hundreds of voices together. You don’t feel like it’s “us vs. world”. Driving around downtown Chico on a Lord’s Day
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Here are a couple of quotes from God’s Will and Your Job (pt. 2), posted on the Ligonier blog (reprinted from a book that does not appear to be available). We must remember that God is the perfect Manager. He is efficient in his selection, calling people according to the gifts and talents that he
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Let me say this: I should have waited to plant this church. I had never been a pastor in a church before I started my own church. I should have been. Had I to do it over again–I certainly would have started Mars Hill Church. God called me to that. And I rejoice that by
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The church where we have providentially found ourselves is accepting elder nominations through the month of May, even as the pastor teaches a series on the character of a godly leader as laid out in Scripture. The order of worship handout actually has some lines at the bottom where you can write down the names
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For the last couple years, the elders and congregation of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis have been debating making certain amendments to their constitution, including an effort to reach out to pedobaptists. As a Baptist church, I’m sure you can imagine how well that’s going to go over. Their staff recently had their annual pastors
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