Pastors, preaching, and the pastoral office; the labour and burden of ministry; the relationship of a minister and his people.
- Smalltalk is Counsel David Powlison
When I use the word counseling I don’t mean a Ph.D. in psychotherapy in an office. I mean the way the Bible talks about counseling, which is the effect of the tongue, and …
- They must not be double-tongued John Lorimer
[The deacon] is in danger also, perhaps, of promising to the pastor, and not fulfilling. This is justly fatal to character and to usefulness. It prevents confidence and …
- Tough Times for Evangelical Theology Carl Trueman
Evangelical theology faces tough times ahead: the church seems variously determined to prioritise management technique, religious experience, or that nebulous bane of …
- Unmarried in the Church Christian Reformed Church Study Committee
The church is required to be the body of Christ in which the unmarried may find fulfillment as persons in the fellowship and companionship of the congregation of …
- Most Influential Pastors Carl Trueman
When I ask students who are the most influential pastors in their life, it’s concerning that they rarely mention their local pastors.
- On the Loss of a Beloved Pastor John Newton
Your beloved pastor has died, but he has only gone a little before you. We expect and hope to follow him soon. It will be a joyful meeting, when we shall part no more. In …
- Retire Like a Plentiful Guest from a Thankful Table John Newton
The calendar tells me that if I live until next Monday, I shall enter my seventy-sixth year. I believe you will pray for me on that day. My eyes, ears, and legs likewise …
- Thankful Guest from a Plentiful Table John Newton
Pray likewise for me, that no gross imprudence or misconduct may stain the latter part of my life — but that I may be enabled to exemplify in myself what I have labored …
- The Design of the Office of Ruling Elder Samuel Miller
The design of appointing persons to the office of Ruling Elder is not to pay them a compliment; not to give them an opportunity of figuring as speakers in judicatories; …
- Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:15 Matthew Henry
[Paul] did not abate in his love to them, notwithstanding their unkindness and ingratitude to him; and therefore was contented and glad to take pains with them, though …
- Stirring Up Division Apostle Paul
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is …
- Character of a Deacon John Lorimer
Animated by the spirit of his office, and acting out the character which the counsels of the Word imply, [a deacon] will not be haughty, or harsh, or suspicions, he will …
- The Deacon Must be Sincere John Lorimer
A deacon, to be relieved from the annoyances sometimes connected with the discharge of his duties, is tempted to put the poor off with insincere words—to say one thing to …
- Temporal Wants John Lorimer
Our blessed Lord does not, like some of his professed followers, make light of temporal wants.
- On the benefits of a well functioning diaconate to the minister John Lorimer
He feels, that amid all his own difficulties and discouragements, he is not standing alone—that other are alive to his circumstances, and sympathise with him, and are …
- The Bible instruction of early youth Walter Moore
The Bible instruction of early youth affect the character all through life. You were the means of making me a preacher…
- Calvin on Being an Elder John Calvin
It is no light matter to be a representative of the Son of God, in discharging an office of such magnitude, the object of which is to erect and extend the kingdom of God, …
- Modern Preachers J. Gresham Machen
Modern preachers are trying to bring men into the Church without requiring them to relinquish their pride; they are trying to help men avoid the conviction of sin.
The …
- Pulpit Bored with God Richard Phillips
The institution that has most failed America in our lifetimes is the evangelical pulpit that is bored with God and dares not have the temerity to speak the truth of a …
- The Importance of Church Disciplie Samuel Miller
It is no doubt true, that the very suggestion of the necessity and importance of discipline in the church is odious to many who bear the Christian name.
The worldly and …
- Idle Bellies John Calvin
We must observe, however, with what titles of distinction he honors pastors.
In the first place, he says that they labor. From this it follows, that all idle bellies are …
- The Benefits of a Resident Minister John Newton
A minister, who lives among his people, who sees and converses with them frequently, and exemplifies his doctrine in their view by his practice, having knowledge of their …
- Character and Doctrine John Owen
If a man teaches uprightly and walks crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in the day of his doctrine.
- Nick Willborn
So long as elders are consumed with temporal matters, the congregation will be temporarily minded. When the diaconate functions as the temporal agents of the church, …
- Church Leaders as a Gift from God Ryan McGraw, Ryan Speck
In fact, Jesus gave church leaders as one of the gifts He purchased by His own blood for the good of the church (Ephesians 4:8, 11)
- Foolishness of Preaching J. Gresham Machen
Could anything be more impractical than the attempt to influence conduct by rehearsing events concerning the death of a religious teacher? That is what Paul called ’the …
- Qualifictions for Deacons George C. Fuller
If all there is to being a deacon revolves around flowers and fruit baskets and the quick drop off and pick up of sermon tapes, these characteristics do not have special …
- We Are Prone to Lean Too Hard on Ministers John Newton
The fountain from which your dear pastor obtained the water of life, which he communicated to his congregation—is still full and still flowing; and you are still welcome …
- Communion with Lepers Joe Barron Hopper
Some of the happiest experiences have been in churches where all the members have leprosy… More than once I have served communion to men like this where the bread had to …
- Archibald Alexander on the Office of Elder Archibald Alexander
The truth is, the church should take pains to train men for this very office; and the parents should set a much higher value on it, than they have been accustomed to do; …
- God's Ambassadors Joel Beeke
Though you should deeply appreciate your minister’s efforts to faithfully bring the Word of God, pray that you see ’no man, save Jesus only’ (Matt 17:8). Ministers are …
- Richard Baxter on Sermon Notes Richard Baxter
Writing is an easy help for memory, to those who can use it. Some question whether they should use it, because it hinders their affection. But that must be differently …
- A Holy Family Richard Baxter
A holy, well-governed family is the preparative to a holy and well-governed church.
If masters of families did their part, and sent such polished materials to the …
- Chew the Cud Richard Baxter
Chew the cud, and call up all when you come home in secret, by meditation preach it over yourselves. If it were coldly delivered by the preacher, do you consider the …
- Powlison on Discipleship David Powlison
Discipleship does the hard work of kneading what is true into how we actually live.
- Child of the Devil, an Incarnate Villain Darryl Hart
Bogardus was ill-suited to adjust to the poor decisions of the colony’s leadership. He and one of New Netherland’s governors, Wouter van Twiller, carried on a heated …
- When Your Favorite Pastor is Gone John Newton
Some persons are so weak, that, if their favorite minister is absent, they hardly think it worth their while to hear another.
- Gospel Strength for Preachers John Newton
It is, indeed, no small thing to stand between God and the people, to divide the word of truth aright, to give every one their portion, to withstand the counter tides of …
- Scheduling Presbytery by the Moon Woodrow Wilson
I remember that the Stated Clerks of those Presbyteries gave me gave a great deal of trouble. Some of them, particularly of the country Presbyteries would not consult the …
- Luther in the Church Martin Luther
At home, in my own house, there is no warmth or vigor in me, but in the church when the multitude is gathered together, a fire is kindled in my heart and it breaks its …
- Christ Not Raised? Apostle Paul
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
- The Trouble with Eschatology Geerhardus Johannes Vos
The trouble with eschatology in the experience of the church has frequently been that it was either dead or overmuch pathologically alive.