To Practice God-Centered Praise
Last year a friend gave me a book, Practicing Affirmation, by Sam Crabtree (who is on staff with John Piper). No book has had a greater impact on me in the past year. Crabtree makes a strong biblical case for …
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Prayer Marks High Point For Many
Generally, our churches are glad to let us go to conferences where we can receive spiritual encouragement and refreshment and come back with renewed energy to do a better job among the flock. But they also expect us to be wise stewards of our time and their money. None of us can go to every conference, and some of us can only get to one or maybe two a year, if that. Bi-vocational pastors may find it almost impossible to leave their flocks to go anywhere at any time.
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A Rare Privilege By Providence
In 1982 our church went through a devastating split that left me feeling isolated as an independent Baptist with too few outside contacts. Then in 1988 we became Reformed Baptists, and my circle of contacts became even smaller. It burdened …
Read moreA taste of ‘ecclesiastical fellowship’
One of the founders of FIRE, Jerry Marcellino, was the first person I have ever heard use the phrase "ecclesiastical fellowship." That is how he described FIRE. The more I've thought about it, the more I agree with him.
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Register for 2013 FIRE National
Come to beautiful Seattle, the Emerald City, and join us on the campus of Northwest University in Kirkland, overlooking Lake Washington and the city of Seattle, for the 2013 FIRE National Conference.
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