Good News for the Black Country
Has anything good come out of the Black Country? Ok, it did provide us with Slade and some of the great heavy metal bands of the 70s, and Tolkien with the original for Mordor. But has anything happened since then? …
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Good News for the Black Country
Has anything good come out of the Black Country? Ok, it did provide us with Slade and some of the great heavy metal bands of the 70s, and Tolkien with the original for Mordor. But has anything happened since then? …
Wrong Expectations
I listen to the local talk radio station every morning while driving my kids to school—that is, I try to listen while the kids are machine-gunning a cacophony of chatter my way. Actually, it is my hometown’s local station, which…
Like “priapistic teenage boys sniggering”
Ed Young Jr. is by no means the only pastor out there with a fondness for preaching and writing about sex. However, his latest project does prompt more than a few questions. Is all this “honesty” about sex truly helpful…
No Sex Please, I’m British
In light of my recent post on Ed Young’s risible `sexperiment’, a friend asked me this week about the current trend among some pastors for referring to sexual matters in graphic detail in books and sermons. Having been rightly rebuked…
No Sex Please, I’m British
In light of my recent post on Ed Young’s risible `sexperiment’, a friend asked me this week about the current trend among some pastors for referring to sexual matters in graphic detail in books and sermons. Having been rightly rebuked…
What you want in a pastor…
Good stuff from Jonathan Leeman: AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER QUALITYI’m not talking about a man who simply checks the belief box on the “authority” or “sufficiency” or “power” of the Bible. I’m talking about a man who whose conviction…
Secrets Pastors Keep
I can certainly identify with much that is in this following list. Perhaps this will serve as a helpful way to inform our prayers for our pastors. From Ron Edmondson: 1. Leading from this position is overwhelming at times. We…
Over at the wanderer
Jeremy Walker is doing a 3 piece on ‘New Calvinism’ part 1 – caveats and characteristicspart 2 – commendationspart 3 – critique (forthcoming)
Cherishing what we still precariously hold
For those of us in church leadership who are always under pressure to innovate, the following words from P.D. James present a relevant challenge: We live in an age notable for a kind of fashionable silliness and imbued with a…