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• Misc, Study, Theology, ecclesiology, the Church

  Why Join a Church?

  05.21.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Since most of the practical benefits of church membership seem to be available to those who might be termed “regular attenders”, especially those who are very involved in what the church is doing (serving on a team, part of a small group, etc…), what is the point of having a formal, covenant church membership?
  The covenant […]

• Misc, Study

  The Bible Isn’t Magical

  04.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The following quote was written in reference to preachers, but is true for all who read the Bible with any hope of understanding and gaining from it.
  “For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of  Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by His Spirit, is a high provocation of Him; nor […]

• Books, Misc, Study

  What Does a Pastor Do All Day, Anyway?

  04.07.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  If you’ve ever asked the question “What does my pastor do all day?”, this is what he’s doing (or should be). If you’re a Christian, and not a pastor, this may may help you to pray for, encourage, and have healthy expectations for your pastors.
  If you are a pastor and you’ve ever […]

• Books, Family, Misc, Personal, Study

  Wisdom of Gandalf

  03.17.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  “… it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they […]

• Books, Misc, Personal, Study

  Hobbit Wisdom

  03.05.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  “It is best to love first what you are fitted to love, I suppose: you must start somewhere and have some roots, and the soil of the Shire is deep. Still there are things deeper and higher; and not a gaffer could tend his garden in what he calls peace but for them, whether he […]