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Ministry in a Post-9/11 World

Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry

Today TWax has a post about how ministry changed due to 9/11 which features quotes from leading pastors around the country. Here are a couple of quotes I found interesting: From Matt Chandler: “9/11 created some legitimate seriousness in what I perceived in 2001 to be a general silliness among a bulk of younger evangelicals, [...]

5 Ways to Glorify God at Work

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For pastors, publishers, and plumbers alike. John Piper wrote in 1988: I have in mind at least five things—five ways to make God known through your secular job and all of them are important. When one of them is missing, the witness to the truth of Christ suffers. 1. The excellence of the products or [...]

Reflections From a Foster Parent

Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry, Parenting

My friend, Rob, writes about the last year and half his wife and he have spent as foster parents: At noon on a Thursday in mid-May 2010, we received a phone call that our foster care license was active. With significant limitations placed on the agency with regard to the kinds of kids we could [...]

Ready for Work This Week?

Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry

I found this greatly encouraging today: John Calvin: It is an error to think that those who flee worldly affairs and engage in contemplation are leading an angelic life… We know that men were created to busy themselves with labor and that no sacrifice is more pleasing to God than when each one attends to [...]

The Hound of Heaven and Christopher Yuan

Posted by MK | Filed under Ministry, Videos

Praise God. Praying for more evidence of the power of the gospel like this. The story is told in more detail in Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope. (HT: JT)

Secret Church: Teaching Segment 4

Posted by MK | Filed under Church, Current Events, Ministry

Marathon session here. I looked down at my listening guide and saw we were only on page 89… out of 143. Appropriate, I suppose, that we now come to sanctification. And then election, the “theological deep end”, according to David, “where none of us can swim.” In particular for the doctrine, David acknowledged the difficulty [...]

Secret Church: Teaching Segment 3

Posted by MK | Filed under Church, Current Events, Ministry

Up until this point, we’ve been through what leads up to the point of salvation – being born again. This session moved us into what flows from that moment. God declaring us justified, our adoption, and the believer’s union with Christ. The progression in Scripture here is astounding. We stand condemned and He says not [...]

Secret Church: Teaching Segment 2

Posted by MK | Filed under Church, Current Events, Ministry

We launched this segment into the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, and once again, were confronted with the “God-centeredness” of all things. Again, there is a wealth of information and Scripture in the listening guide, but “grace” held the dominant place here. God is at the center of all things. God is the starting point. [...]

Secret Church: Teaching Segment 1

Posted by MK | Filed under Church, Current Events, Ministry

In the first teaching segment, Dr. Platt moved us through some very heavy material. As he himself acknowledged, “Entertainment is not the goal; equipping is the goal.” If you’re following along, you’ll have plenty to digest through the listening guide and the wealth of Scripture there. Before coming to the specific points of the crucifixion, [...]

Secret Church: Opening Blog

Posted by MK | Filed under Church, Current Events, Ministry

We are now less than one hour from joining together for Secret Church – a night of prayer, worship, and study of God’s word. This series of blogs won’t only be here at this address, but reposted on the Secret Church site. Perhaps even now you’re making final preparations for the event, working through technology, [...]

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