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Category Archives: Theological education

Famous Last Words

A father left his son, Charlie, in charge of the family business—a huge strawberry farm—because he was getting older and wanted to travel abroad while his health still permitted. The farm was handed down to him by his father forty years earlier and since then he had invested all of his time, energy and resources [...]

Posted 30 October 2007 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § God's will § Great Commission § Jesus Christ § Teaching/Preaching § The Church ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Making ends meet with a seminary degree

Money. It’s one of those necessary discussions, and sometimes a major factor, in the decision to pursue one’s passion to plant a new church. I get a lot of e-mails from those that come across my Grace Church Planting Ministries website, who see the incredible need all around them and who are seriously engaged in [...]

Posted 11 September 2007 § Church Planting § Ministry ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Rethinking “full-time ministry” in light of 1 Corinthians 7

A worldwide epidemic has been sweeping through the Church of Jesus Christ for decades now, as if aliens have abducted every believer and reprogrammed our brains with identical logic that says, "If you are really serious about following the Lord Jesus Christ, you must become a seminary-trained pastor or missionary." It's so automatic that it's [...]

Posted 18 June 2007 § Ministry § Teaching/Preaching § The Church ‡ Comments (34) °

Illinois pastor reflects, “Reformed” training at SBTS not asset to “career” but rather to pastoral integrity

I serious doubt whether anyone has ever heard of J. Kent Kroencke. He serves as the pastor of a small church in Illinois. According to a recent blog article, he has been theologically Reformed since his conversion, but he did not realize how negatively other Christians felt toward the "doctrines of grace" until he began [...]

Posted 11 June 2007 § Calvinism § Ministry § Southern Baptists § Teaching/Preaching § Theology ‡ Comments (19) °