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Today’s Top Read (or watch…)
Logos Bible Software’s Bible Browser
So, I totally know that this is not a new feature of Logos. It has been around a while. However, I am just really beginning to use it as of late, and it is amazing. Here is the vide from Logos about it (linked above). If you have Logos and the Bible Browser and aren’t using it, you’re missing out. I know I was…
(I’m a nerd, what can I say?!)
If We Read Our Bibles, Why Do We Need Sermons?
“In other words, God has determined that Jesus Christ, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, will get more glory through the Christ-exalting, Spirit-dependent, word-saturated, mutual ministry in the church than he would if people only read their Bibles, rather than needing to hear other believers speak the word into their lives. That’s the bottom line: Christ is more glorified through doing it God’s way than by forsaking God’s way while presuming to love the Bible.”
Why Pastors Would Do Well to Stay In Our Lane
“We had a refrigerator quit on us the other day. So I did what any 21st century cheapskate does, I went on my Google machine and researched how to fix it. After reading a dozen or so message boards and watching a few YouTube clips I became an expert on my fridge. I was 100% confident that it was the display panel itself that needed replaced. $100 and a couple weeks later my new part arrived. I installed it and…..Nothing.”
The Ordinary Means of Grace
This is a great read that I think all Christians must lean into.
Who Gave You the Right?
This article from Tim Challies is a wonderfully encouraging read regarding encouragement and, especially, discouragement.
Why Preaching is Primary and the Ordinances Aren’t
9 Marks really hits it out of the park with this article, a read that I, as a pastor, have thoroughly enjoyed. And, I think it can be summed up from this line in, “Because signs only have meaning when accompanied by words which explain them.“
Called – Pursuing A Call To Ministry
Do you feel as if you might be called into vocational ministry? Are you feeling the draw to the mission field in some regard? If so, even just as a thought at this point in your life, I encourage you to check out Called from For the Church, part of the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The resources on this site are invaluable to someone who feels they may be called into the ministry, as well as for those who have already begun!