The Modern Hymnal: An interview with Keith Getty
Together the Gettys and the community of musicians with whom they work are revitalizing the church by providing this generation with robust and moving church music.
Over the past decade or so, the Protestant church in North America has experienced a revival of sorts. The revival of which I speak is the renaissance of hymnody. I first encountered this movement to resurrect the ancient hymns of the church in 2009 when a band called Page CXVI released an album entitled “Hymns.”... Continue Reading
Bob Jones University Apologizes for Failing Sexual Abuse Victims
300-page GRACE report recommends BJU impose 'corrective action' on chancellor Robert Jones III.
Tchividjian summarized the 300-page report’s findings, based on interviews with 50 self-identified victims of sexual abuse and more than 60 other individuals: The investigation findings demonstrate that Bob Jones University responded poorly to many students who disclosed being sexually victimized. As a result of the school’s flawed responses, many of these students were deeply hurt... Continue Reading
Seven Things I Wish My Pastor Knew About My Homosexuality
Love me, but remember that you cannot be more merciful than God. It isn’t mercy to affirm same-sex acts as good. Don’t compromise truth; help me to live in harmony with it.
I wish you knew that I should be credited with the same moral agency and responsibility as everyone else in the Christian community. If unmarried heterosexuals are called to celibacy and are presumed in Christ to have the power to live out His commands, then so should I be. To treat me according to a... Continue Reading
Seven Reasons the Pastor’s Salary Can Be a Source of Tension
The tension on the pastor’s salary continues to exist in many congregations
If you want a lively discussion, then the topic of the pastor’s salary can usually meet that need….Most pastors are not overpaid. Most pastors work long hours. Most pastors are certainly not in the ministry for the money. But the tension on the pastor’s salary continues to exist in many congregations. If you want... Continue Reading
Atheists Launch “Skip Church” Christmas Billboards in the Bible Belt
This Christmas season atheists are taking the Left’s “War on Christmas” to new heights. Literally.
What is sad and disappointing about American Atheists’ Christmas Billboards disparagement of the Church is that they are featured in a society where strip joints, casinos, pornography, human trafficking and a whole host of other socio-economic ills harming humanity. Yet, they choose to pool their resources towards disparaging the Church, an institution responsible for teaching... Continue Reading
Police Identify A Member of Redeemer PCA in Austin As Homicide Victim
Kathy Blair, 53, a member of Redeemer PCA, was found dead in her Northwest Austin home Saturday, Dec. 6
Kathy Blair was a member of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) and was active in its choir. She ran the Christian Choral Society of Austin, which is a high-level music program for home-school students. She taught 250- to 300 students a year, ages 4 to 18 years old. Police have identified the woman found dead... Continue Reading
Rick Warren on Roman Catholicism: ‘We Have More In Common Than What Divides Us’
"Now there's still real differences, no doubt about that. But the most important thing is if you love Jesus, we're on the same team."
He said that Church unity would realistically be “not a structural unity but a unity of mission. And so, when it comes to the family we are co-workers in the field on this for the protection of what we call the sanctity of life, the sanctity of sex, and the sanctity of marriage. So there’s... Continue Reading
Pastoral Care: Step One
Scripture needs to shape the way we think about what a leader does in pastoral care
The Elders/Overseers are to shepherd the flock. These verses are clarifying because it reminds the Elder of their first priority. It is not buildings, finances, policy, or making decisions. It may include those things, but ultimately shepherds focus on the sheep. The priority of the elder/overseer is to care for people. Where do we... Continue Reading
Pursuing Holiness
An interview with Jerry Bridges
TT: Many people think personal discipline is opposed to grace. Is this true? If not, why? JB: The reason many people think personal discipline is opposed to grace is because they believe that the practice of the disciplines earns them favor with God. Personal discipline is not opposed to grace. Instead, as someone has well... Continue Reading
What Ever Happened To Rob Bell, The Pastor Who Questioned The Gates Of Hell?
Does Rob Bell still consider himself an evangelical?
Now, the man who built a church of an estimated 10,000 people isn’t even attending an organized church. Instead, he surfs the waves near Hollywood and has teamed up with the goddess of pop theology, Oprah Winfrey. Exchanging his evangelical bona fides for the blessing of Oprah may yet prove to be his most unforgivable... Continue Reading
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