Dockery’s ‘Renewing Minds’ available Oct. 1

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Steve Weaver

The following is a news release from Union University:

David S. Dockery's newest book,
David S. Dockery’s newest book, “Renewing Minds,” addresses the topic of Christian higher education.

JACKSON, Tenn. – September 27, 2007 – Christian colleges and universities must go beyond offering chapel services and Bible classes and teach students how to approach every sphere of life from a Christian perspective, according to Union University President David S. Dockery in his newest book.

“Renewing Minds: Serving Church and Society through Christian Higher Education,” published by B&H Academic, will be available beginning Oct. 1.

“‘Renewing Minds’ is a call to reclaim the best of the Christian intellectual tradition,” Dockery said. “In this context we need more than just novel ideas and enhanced programs; we need distinctively Christian thinking.”

That means, Dockery writes in “Renewing Minds,” that Christian institutions of higher education must embrace the idea of a Christian worldview that is built not on two types of truth – religious and philosophical or scientific. Instead, a Christian worldview is based “on a universal principle and all-embracing system that shapes religion, natural and social sciences, law, history, health care, the arts, the humanities” and every other discipline of study with application for all of life.

“Grounded in the best of the liberal arts, ‘Renewing Minds’ calls for serious engagement of the great ideas of history and the perplexing issues of our day,” Dockery said.

Dockery has been president of Union University since 1996. Under his leadership, the university’s enrollment has increased from 1,975 to more than 3,300, and the number of donors has increased from less than 2,000 to more than 4,700.

He has also served as chairman of the board of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and is a contributing editor for Christianity Today. He is the author or editor of 30 books.

Dockery said “Renewing Minds” is a book that invites Christians to love God with their minds and to “think Christianly” about the world.

“In that sense it is an invitation to love God and to recognize the importance of the life of the mind,” Dockery said. “It calls us both to devotion and to instruction, to genuine Christian commitment and to serious scholarship.”

The book has received endorsements from such influential Christian leaders as J.I. Packer, author and professor of theology at Regent College; Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship; R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; J. Randall O’Brien, executive vice president and provost of Baylor University; Alister McGrath, professor of historical theology at Oxford University; and Thom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources.

Packer described “Renewing Minds” as “in every way a landmark book.”

“Visionary and magisterial, Dockery’s big-picture manifesto vividly blocks in the demanding standards, proper cultural contextualization, and strategic global significance of Christian higher education today,” Packer wrote. “The Bible-anchored argumentation convinces the head, and the writer’s zeal warms the heart.”

Colson called the book “timely and valuable resource,” writing that Dockery is “challenging the academy to make biblical worldview the foundation for not only renewing minds but also developing character.”

In the book’s preface, Dockery identifies the primary audience for the book as administrators, trustees, church leaders, faculty and staff of Christ-centered institutions, as well as students or parents of students who are considering a Christian college or university.

In “Renewing Minds,” Dockery seeks to provide an introduction to the field of Christian higher education. He referred to a book by James Burtchaell written about a decade ago called “The Dying of the Light,” in which the author examines how institutions that once had a distinct Christian commitment had lost that identity. Dockery said “Renewing Minds” is an attempt to help Christian colleges and universities that want to be faithful to their mission and intentional about their purpose

“Being faithful will involve more than mere piety or spirituality, which by itself will not sustain the idea of a Christian university,” Dockery said. “We need a model of higher education that confesses the sovereignty of the triune God over the whole cosmos, in all spheres and kingdoms, visible and invisible.”

The result of such an approach will be Christians who will graduate from college ready to engage the culture with the truth of Christianity, Dockery said.

“As Christ-followers we are not called out of this fallen world, but we are called to engage it and to sanctify the ongoing secular society in which we live,” Dockery writes in the book. “I believe this is the reality of incarnational Christianity. It is the pattern of truth found in Christ Himself. That being the case, there is no sphere of humanity to which Jesus Christ is irrelevant; and certainly that includes the academic world, which is the focus of this book.”

The 264-page book retails for $19.99 and is available at LifeWay Christian Stores and at online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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E. Y. Mullins Lectures on Preaching

Posted on September 29, 2007 by Steve Weaver

E. Y. Mullins Lectures on Preaching

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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Dr. Paige Patterson

September 25-27, 2007

  1. “What Preaching Ought to Be” Sermon on Luke 24:13-35 (9/25/07)
  2. “How Do You Grade a Sermon?” Lecture on Preaching (9/26/07)
  3. “The Subject of Preaching” Sermon on John 1:1-18 (9/27/07)

This week featured the E. Y. Mullins Lectures on Preaching at SBTS.  This lectureship is named for one of the great statesmen/theologians in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention, former president of SBTS and the SBC, Edgar Young Mullins.  For more on the life and legacy of E. Y. Mullins, see the Winter 1999 issue of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology which was dedicated to the topic.  To download the complete journal in pdf format, click here.  Individual articles can be accessed here.

I have greatly benefited from these lectures in previous years, and this years was no different.  Dr. Patterson did a great job in these lectures.  Speakers in previous years have included:  Jerry Vines, John MacArthur (twice), Danny Akin, Ligon Duncan,  Eric Alexander,  Alistair Begg, and John Piper.  MP3 audio from all these conferences is available for free online here.  Happy listening!

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Four More Days to Save on Family Worship for the Christmas Season

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Steve Weaver

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N. T. Wright Gets It Wrong . . .

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Steve Weaver

is the title of an article in “The Daily Standard” by Joseph Loconte which critiques Wright’s critique of the war on terror. Very interesting analysis of Wright’s thought on the issue.

Loconte is the author of The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler’s Gathering Storm and he sees the need for religious leaders to confront the threat of our day, Islamic fascism. N. T. Wright, he says, has failed to respond appropriately to the rise of Islamic fascism, instead directing his ire at the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom who are prosecuting the war on terror. The article concludes as follows:

N.T. Wright’s instinctive hatred of war is surely admirable: It is not for nothing that Jesus included “blessed are the peacemakers” among his beatitudes, or that it continues to inspire the faithful across religious traditions. Nevertheless, Wright’s angry and simplistic utterances against military action threaten to confuse Christianity with a partisan agenda. The great sorrow of the bishop from Durham is that by politicizing the gospel–even in the name of peace–he may actually discourage many from responding to its offer of grace and genuine peace, peace with God.

It all brings to mind again Frodo’s lament over the intrusion into his world of a new Shadow of Evil. I wish it need not have happened in my time. Something like this shadow, something unspeakably malevolent, has appeared and taken root in Islamic societies. We must debate the most prudent and just ways to confront it. We must be vigilant about our own inclinations toward injustice and learn from the mistakes of arrogance already made. Yet we cannot appease this darkness, rationalize it away, or wish it had not happened in our time. It has happened.

What we must now decide–what only the work of enlightened preaching and sober statesmanship can help us decide–is what to do with the time given to us as we seek to overcome it.

To read the article in its entirety, click here.

Denny Burk also addressed this issue several months ago in relation to an article released then in First Things critiquing Wright’s lecture on “Where is God in the ‘War on Terror’?”

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The Church is Led by Pastors/Elders/Bishops

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Steve Weaver

A local pastor whom I know and respect in many ways was quoted a few years ago in the Knoxville News Sentinel as saying, “They say small business carries the American economy, and that’s what we are – a small business.”

But is that true? Is the church a business? Should it be organized and ran like a business?

Well, it is true that many churches are ran like a business. Sometime around 1950, many churches began to adopt the corporate model for the church. Pastors began to be looked upon as CEO’s. Deacons became board members. Committees were organized to run the business of the church. All of these are dramatic departures of how the New Testament depicts the church. In the New Testament the church is not seen as an organization (a dry, boney structure) but as an organism (a living, breathing being).

The church in Scripture is an organism ruled by Christ, governed congregationally, led by pastors/elders/bishops. In Acts 20:17, 26-31 we see both the identity and plurality of elders in the early church.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. . . . 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

First, the Identity of the Office.
There are only two scriptural offices in the church: pastors and deacons.
Our church’s statement of faith adopted in 1908 (the New Hampshire Baptist Confession of Faith) states in Article XIII, OF A GOSPEL CHURCH:

We believe that a visible Church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by his laws, and exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word; that its only Scriptural offices are Bishops, or Pastors, and Deacons, whose qualifications, claims, and duties are defined in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus.

In that article we can see the terms “Bishops” and “Pastors” being used interchangeably, just as we do in this evening’s text. Also see in Titus 1:5-7 and 1 Peter 5:1-2.

In the New Testament, a pastor is an elder is a bishop. These three words refer to the same office. The Roman Catholic Church claims that the office of pastor/elder and bishop are two distinct offices. This is to justify their hierarchical structure. Instead, these terms refer to the same office, but each have a different nuance of meaning.

Elders: The word elder gives the idea of a man’s mature leadership ability.

“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.” 1 Timothy 5:17

Bishops: The word bishop emphasizes the idea of his being an overseer of the house of God.

“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof.” 1 Peter 5:2

Pastors: The word pastor means “shepherd.” The pastor is to lead the church as a shepherd would his sheep.

“Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” Acts 20:28

In Acts 20:28-31 we see the function of pastors to lead, feed, and protect the flock to which God has entrusted them.

Second, we see the Plurality of the Office.

Another aspect of the office of pastor/elder/bishop that can be seen in Acts 20 is the plurality of elders in individual local congregations. Paul is addressing the “elders” plural of the church singular in Ephesus (v. 17). He says that the Holy Spirit has made these men to be “overseers” i.e., “bishops” and that they are “to shepherd the church of God.” This idea is also seen in Titus 1:5 where Titus is told to appoint “elders” plural in every “city” singular and in Philippians 1:1 where Paul writes to the saints in “Philippi” singular and to the “bishops and deacons” both plural. In fact, I don’t think the term elder or bishop ever appears in the New Testament in the singular, except in the qualifications of an individual bishop given in 1 Timothy 3.

As I’ve read about and researched the idea of a plurality of elders over the past several years, several benefits of such leadership have occurred to me. I claim no originality here. I have read widely on this subject, but these are my own distilled thoughts.

Some Benefits of a Plurality of Elders

  • Wisdom in a Multiplicity of Counselors – Every pastor has blind-spots. But if you have a plurality of men serving as pastors, they will not all have the same blind-spots. This will protect from unwise decisions.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. Proverbs 15:22

For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety. Proverbs 24:6

  • Sharing of Leadership Responsibilities – This is a biblical concept in both the Old and New Testaments, e.g., Exodus 18, Acts 6. The early church way of implementing this principle was by a plurality of elders/pastors/bishops providing spiritual leadership with a plurality of deacons ministering to the physical needs of the congregation.
  • Continuity of Spiritual Leadership - Too often when the typical pastor leaves the typical Baptist church there is a vacuum of spiritual leadership that is filled through unbiblical means (read, deacon board). Because deacons remain in churches far longer than the average pastorate, the deacons have assumed the leadership of the church by default. Where a plurality of elders exists, when the “preaching pastor” leaves for whatever reason, there is no spiritual vacuum. Instead, the pastors continue to lead and the deacons continue to serve. I view my ministry as the main teaching pastor to eventually work myself out of a job!

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:1-2

  • Freeing of Deacons to Serve – Because deacons are leading instead of serving the church, many of the acts of service needed in the church and community are being neglected. Today we have the reverse problem as in Acts 6. In Acts 6 the problem was that the apostles (who were functioning as elders in the Jerusalem church) were too busy with the ministry of the Word and prayer to meet the physical needs of the church. Today the problem is that the deacons are too busy with matters of leadership within the church that they are not able to meet the physical needs in the church. Having a plurality of elders will liberate deacons to be deacons, i.e., servants.

Conclusion:
I do not believe that all churches are required to have a plurality of elders. That is determined by the size of a congregation and whether or not God has blessed the churches with gifted men.

For me the issue all comes down to the church acknowledging the leadership which the resurrected Christ has given to the church. According to Ephesians 4:11-16, Christ has given pastor-teachers to the church. Failure to recognize those who have been gifted, called, and are qualified is not healthy for a church.

However, having an arbitrary standard for a certain number of elders that must be filled is likewise unhealthy. Only gifted, called, and qualified men should be elders/pastors. If there is only one such man in a church then a solo pastor is necessitated. If that is the case begin praying for God to gift the church with more such men and begin developing the men in the congregation who God seems to be leading in this way.

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The War: A Documentary

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Steve Weaver

18.7 million people tuned into PBS last night for the premiere of Ken Burn’s new series on World War II, simply titled “The War.”  Dr. R. Albert Mohler on his radio program today asked the question of why Americans are so fascinated with this war.  Dr. Mohler also mentions the importance of this story being told today while veterans of World War II are still alive to tell their stories.  This is definitely “must-see” tv.

For a broadcast schedule for the series click here.

For an episode guide click here.

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“The King’s Authority Over Disease: Jesus and a Centurion (Exposition of Matthew 8:5-13)

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Steve Weaver

In Matthew 4:23 the ministry of Jesus is summarized as follows:

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

In chapters 5-7 we see Jesus “preaching the gospel of the kingdom”. In chapters 8-9 we see Jesus “healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people”.

In chapters 5-7 we find the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus asserts His Kingly authority by issuing the commands of His kingdom. In chapters 8-9, Jesus demonstrates His Kingly authority by healing the sick, casting out demons, and calming the sea.

In 8:1-17 Matthew records three miracles which Jesus performed on three different social outcasts of His day: a leper, a Gentile and a woman. Last week we looked at how Jesus demonstrated His authority over disease in healing a leper, today we will consider Jesus’ authority over disease in the healing of the Centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:5-13.

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” 7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour. Matthew 8:5-13

I.  The Setting, v. 5.
Let me begin by looking at something of the setting, specifically the place and the man.

Jesus has now returned to His home base of Capernaum in the northern province of Galilee. We normally associate Jesus with Bethlehem, Nazareth, and even Jerusalem, but Matthew tells us in 4:13 that Jesus left Nazareth and went to dwell in Capernaum.

And as Jesus returned to His home base of Capernaum, a man comes to meet Him. This man is called a centurion. In Jesus’ day, Capernaum was a garrison town which means that troops were stationed there. Herod Antipas had an auxiliary army made up of non-Jews/Gentiles from outside of Palestine.

This man was a centurion which means that he was a captain over 100 men. He was also under another’s authority. He was fairly low in the chain of command, but over 100 men.

Now that we’ve seen something of the setting, let us now turn to the dialogue that takes place between Jesus and this Gentile soldier.

II. The Dialogue, vv. 6-9.
This centurion comes to Jesus with a humble request. He recognizes Jesus’ lordship by calling Him “Lord.” His request is not directly for himself, but for the health of his servant who lies paralyzed, and if you compare Luke’s account of this event, at the point of death (Luke 7:2). After the centurion presents the problem Jesus responds with “I will come and heal him.” In the Greek, the personal pronoun for “I” is not necessary because it is understood in the verb itself. But here the pronoun ego is present which places an emphasis on “I”. This has caused some scholars to suggest that the statement of verse 7 could be best understood as a question: “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion’s response once again expresses his humility. He is aware of his unworthiness as a Gentile to lay claims upon this Jewish Messiah: “I am not worthy that you should come under my roof.” Now comes his confession of faith: “But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.” This centurion knows something about Jesus. He knows that he has the ability to speak things into existence. He believes that Jesus has the authority of the God who spoke this world into existence! Now the centurion explains the basis of his confidence in the authority of the words of Jesus. He appeals to his own experience as a soldier.

All authority in the army was a derived authority. In the Roman army, only the emperor had authority which was then delegated to his subordinates. Thus, whenever the centurion spoke, he spoke with the emperor’s authority. A soldier who disobeyed the centurion would actually be seen as defying the authority of the emperor himself.

When the centurion sees Jesus, he sees one who is both submissive to the authority of God His Father and who exercises the authority of God the Father. Isn’t this exactly what Jesus Himself said in John 5:19-30,

Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. 24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth— those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

This Gentile soldier understood who Jesus was, didn’t he? It’s as if he’s saying, “If on the human level I can say, “Go,” “Come,” or “Do” and it happens, how much more will your words which are the very words of God accomplish whatever you command?!?!”

III. The Teaching, vv. 10-12.
This is a teachable moment! When Jesus hears this confession of faith by the centurion, He turns in amazement to the crowd who is following Him (see v. 1) and begins to instruct them regarding the make-up of the coming kingdom. Jesus is amazed at the faith of the centurion! The level of faith expressed by the centurion was unheard of among the Jews of Israel. Jesus begins with “assuredly,” “verily,” or “truly” which translates the Greek word amen. But Jesus sees this episode as a preview of the future kingdom and He uses this incident to point to that reality.

The reality is that just as this Gentile centurion has come to the right one and expressed faith in the right one, so too will many others come to faith in Jesus Christ in a saving way. The centurion comes to Jesus to receive healing, but these will come to receive salvation. Many Gentiles will come from the east and the west and sit down with faithful Jews like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. This teaching by Jesus is a foreshadow of the scene in heaven described in Revelation 5:9-10 where the redeemed are singing a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.

But Jesus goes on to say that many who think they are ok will be cast out into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. This is a reference to the judgment of hell. Interestingly, Jesus is not here using the doctrine of hell as a doctrine to frighten blatant unbelievers, but to warn those who think they are true believers.

The important thing to note here is that the basis of who will be in the kingdom of heaven is faith and faith alone. Not national descent or ethnicity, but faith in the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ.

IV. The Healing, v. 13.
After ending the monologue, Jesus turns back to the centurion and in what seems like an afterthought (though we know it is not) he says to the centurion, “Are you still here? Off you go now. Your servant is healed!”

In this text Jesus has demonstrated His authority both over disease and distance! The centurion teaches us an important lesson about Jesus’ authority. Jesus teaches an important lesson about the ethnic makeup of His kingdom and the basis of entry into that kingdom.

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Hercules Collins on Lazy Preachers

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Steve Weaver

I spent a few hours last evening working on editing the text of Hercules Collins’ The Temple Repair’d. Virtually every line is applicable to preachers today. Most have an “ouch” factor. Such is the following indictment of lazy preachers by Mr. Collins.

If it be the duty of gospel ministers to study to divide the Word of God aright, then we fairly and naturally infer, that it is their sin that preach and neglect study. You may easily perceive from the pulpit whether the man hath wrought hard at his study the week before, or not. We may say of sermons as some do of pieces of work amongst men: We say of some work, there is no labour, there is no pains in it, it is a very slight thing. But it may be said of others on the contrary, this is a good piece of work this is well wrought, here is labour in this, this is substantial work. As there are too few painful labourers, so I fear there are too many loiterers concerned in this glorious employment; the Holy Ghost speaks of some watchmen sleeping, “loving to slumber.”

2. This doctrine refutes the opinion of those that think it unlawful to study to declare God’s mind, and will contemptuously speak against it, as if we were to preach by inspiration, as the prophets and apostles of old did. What can be a better confutation of those men than our text? Which commands ministers to study to show themselves good workmen; and to meditate in God’s law day and night. To meditate in the law, the revealed Word of God, the rule of life, so as to draw the ground of our faith, and the comfort of conscience out of the promises of grace.

3. This affords us a use of caution. If it be ministers duty to study, then be cautioned against idleness in the great things of God, and the concerns of immortal souls; the Lord hath often reproved idle shepherds. There is so much precious time spent in the world and pleasures thereof, that there is a very small remnant of the week left, I fear by too many, so that they have not sufficient time to improve the talent God hath given them; and what can be expected then but a lean discourse, if not a confused one, when the Sabbath comes?

Ouch!

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I Need Preaching Too!

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Steve Weaver

Although I personally to prepare a message from God’s Word at least three times a week, there is still nothing like hearing someone else preach the Bible faithfully.  Along with listening to the usual suspects of John Piper, John MacArthur, C. J. Mahaney, etc., another way that I seek to be challenged by God’s Word on a regular basis is the preaching ministry featured in the chapels of my alma mater SBTS.

A couple of recent messages have been a blesssing:

Also, Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.’s SBTS Chapel Series on the Apostle’s Creed is continuing:

  1. “Credo:  I Believe”
  2. “God the Father Almighty”
  3. “Maker of Heaven and Earth”
  4. “Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord”

Although, not preached in chapel Dr. Russell Moore’s Sunday School Series at his local church on the Book of Hebrews promises to be an excellent series:

  1. Hebrews 1:1-4
  2. Hebrews 1:5-2:4

Other sources for great messages include the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Chapel Archive (features both audio and video) and the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Chapel Archive.

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Biblical Counseling Conference in Maryville, TN

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Steve Weaver

Grace Community Church of Maryville, TN is hosting a Biblical Counseling Conference on Friday & Saturday, November 2-3, 2007.  From the church’s website:

scottstuart.jpg Dr. Stuart Scott, formerly associate pastor of counseling and family ministry at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley (pastored by John MacArthur) and currently the director of the Center for Biblical Counseling at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will be joining us for this powerful time.

The conference will be held November 2-3 at GCC here in Maryville. We will have a Friday evening session and two sessions on Saturday. Dr. Scott will also be preaching on Sunday morning. The topics will include – Pride & Humility, Communication, and Conflict Resolution. The cost for the weekend will be $25 which will include a continental breakfast and full lunch on Saturday.

For more information on the conference click here.  To download a registration form click here (pdf).

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