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When God Comes To Church
– Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr. One of our finest young pastor/scholars is Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr., a former instructor in Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL), and now Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, GA. His book When God Comes To Church (Baker) is a study of nine Old Testament
Ten Lies About God
– Erwin W. Lutzer For the past twenty years, Erwin W. Lutzer has been Senior Minister at the Moody Church in Chicago where his messages have gone forth with power. A student of modern culture as well as the ancient Scriptures, Lutzer knows how to put the two together to awaken people to their need
Every Day With Jesus
– Gregg Laurie Gregg Laurie, Senior Pastor of the Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA, is an anointed preacher of the Word and a gifted writer. He knows how to communicate spiritual truth so that people not only understand it but want to obey it. Every Day With Jesus (Harvest House) contains meaty material to
Marks of Maturity in the Ministry (Part 2)
Popularity or success. This leads to a third mark of maturity: knowing the difference between popularity and success. Barabbas was popular but hardly a success. Popularity is a passing thing; success is permanent. (Of course sin can transform a successful pastor into a failure; but the work of an obedient man continues to help others.)
Things They Forgot To Tell Me In Seminary
As I look back over my ministry of nearly thirty years, I am reminded of some painful lessons I learned along the way. Although I’ve never received combat pay in the ministry, I’ve been in situations where warfare was a fairly accurate description of what was going on. As I’ve accessed the memory files of
"This, too, shall pass." -- William Shakespeare
"Life comes in clusters, clusters of solitude, then clusters when there is hardly time to breathe."-- May Sarton
"Pain is never permanent."-- Saint Teresa of Avila
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is."-- C. S. Lewis
"Pain and suffering are not necessarily signs of God's anger; they may be exactly the opposite."-- William Bridges
"Suffering times are teaching times."-- William Bridges
"A man is not known by his effervescence but by the amount of real suffering he can stand."-- C. T. Studd
"The Scriptures show conclusively that tribulation is a natural by-product of genuine Christianity."-- William E. Cox
"There never yet was an unscarred saint." -- Anonymous
"God sometimes puts his children to bed in the dark."-- Anonymous
"I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter." -- Christopher Morley
"When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God."-- Warren Wiersbe
Dealing with Difficulties
Classic Sermons On Suffering
– Warren W. Wiersbe Someone has said, “On every pew, there is a broken heart.” That being the case, it is good for ministers to preach and teach on the problem of pain and suffering. With that in mind, we would like to point out a few books that have been around a while. One
Encourage Me
– Chuck Swindoll Someone has said, “On every pew, there is a broken heart.” That being the case, it is good for ministers to preach and teach on the problem of pain and suffering. With that in mind, we would like to point out a few books that have been around a while. If the
On The Anvil
– Max Lucado Someone has said, “On every pew, there is a broken heart.” That being the case, it is good for ministers to preach and teach on the problem of pain and suffering. With that in mind, we would like to point out a few books that have been around a while. Using the
Waiting, Finding Hope When God
– Ben Patterson Someone has said, “On every pew, there is a broken heart.” That being the case, it is good for ministers to preach and teach on the problem of pain and suffering. With that in mind, we would like to point out a few books that have been around a while. Patterson says,
When Heaven Is Silent
– Ron Dunn Someone has said, “On every pew, there is a broken heart.” That being the case, it is good for ministers to preach and teach on the problem of pain and suffering. With that in mind, we would like to point out a few books that have been around a while. The author