While counseling, rightly performed, is an offshoot of the ministry of the Word, it is not a replacement for the public ordinary means of grace. Counseling is the ministry of the Word applied to the pain caused by the fallen world, but also applied in discipleship to the growth of the Christian.
For our Baptist forefathers, the doctrine of the Trinity was anything but mysterious and difficult with little practical application to daily life. No, rather, it was crucial to our communion with God and comfort in God.
We must reject as unworthy of our Savior every doctrine which diminishes His true deity. He is not a lower case g God. He is capital G-O-D, God!
The men of the Early Church would have a hard time understanding the separation that has been made in recent years between the preparation for preaching and the church—in particular the pastoral leadership of the church. What might we be able to learn from the post-apostolic patristic age in this regard? How might a study of the Early Church help us move forward with a mentorship-based understanding of preparing a man to preach?
The Bible teaches us that holiness is one of the major marks of a true church. The church’s holiness is based...
This discussion comes from Getting the Garden Right, coming soon from Founders Press. It is used with permission....
This discussion comes from Getting the Garden Right, coming soon from Founders Press. It is used with permission....
This discussion comes from Getting the Garden Right, coming soon from Founders Press. It is used with permission....
This discussion comes from Getting the Garden Right, coming soon from Founders Press. It is used with permission....
This discussion comes from Getting the Garden Right, coming soon from Founders Press. It is used with permission....