Some interesting discussion going on at TeamPyro over the video below. I’m guessing most people younger than me probably don’t know that the original song was, “Momas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys” made popular by by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Is the video funny or sad? My response is a pastor answer, “Yes.”
Also, […]
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I’ve read this quote from John Calvin previously in The Legacy of Sovereign Joy, but read it again tonight in my weekly Institutes assignment. It’s a great setup for our seminar on Saturday.
Here, then, is the sovereign power with which the pastors of the church, by whatever name they be called, ought to be endowed. That […]
Posted in Asides | Also tagged Calvin, Scripture |
According to 50 former pastors, faithful pastoral ministry requires initiative and discipline, with a vivid sense of divine calling, from a constantly refurbished theological commitment, and personal, growing affection for the sheep. HT: B2W
Posted in Asides | Tagged shepherding |
While pounding out seven miles on my treadmill yesterday I listened to C.J. Mahaney’s message from the recent T4G conference, Sustaining a Pastor’s Soul. It was the least dramatic message I’ve listened to by Mahaney (albeit out of only a dozen or so from Resolved, Shepherds’ Conference, and various mp3 downloads) but it had/is having […]
Posted in Thoughts | Also tagged joy, Mahaney, personal |
I finished reading Lectures to My Students yesterday. The journey took almost two years and included some breathtaking sights. The Void previously published highlights related to the preacher and praying, preaching with clarity, and holding on to the truth. While creating my index inside the back cover I retread precious, providential, faith-focusing ground concerning how […]
Posted in Thoughts | Also tagged quote, Spurgeon, suffering |
There is a sinewy connection between joy and shepherding and I regret that there are still too many occassions when the two are cut asunder. It isn’t that I lament others seeing the lack, I lament the fact of the lack. I don’t wish that I could hide my joylessness better, rather I want to […]
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A couple weeks ago, I was at an early morning meeting with my good friend the Wayfarer when I found out that he had not heard How to Make a Man of God. This “program for preachers” is one of my all-time MacArthur favorites. Apparently he didn’t write it, but I heard it […]
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