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Following on from part one , in which I suggested that, as with so much else, we should ask the question, "How may I use social media to the glory of God?" Here are the first two principles: 1. Know and watch and guard your heart, cultivating the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the...

Social media is perhaps the most common or popular expression of what is sometimes called Web 2.0. Web 1.0, for those who may be wondering, consisted mainly of static pages containing fixed data. Web 2.0 is the more dynamic, interactive expression of the interweb which we all now enjoy, or at least...

8 8. 8 8. D (Cleveland) Psalm 21 The king shall have joy in your might, And in your salvation rejoice; You gave him his heart's true delight, And heard the request of his voice; You met him with blessings untold, And set a gold crown on his head; His days rolling on from of old; He asked, you gave...

A few days ago a brother in the church which I serve asked me for book recommendations for Christians in business. Having only two or three volumes at my disposal, I wrote out to a few fellow-pastors and other friends seeking their counsels. What follows is a consolidated list of responses. I wish...

For those who may be in the New England area the weekend of May 3rd and 4th, Dr. Joel Beeke will be preaching at the Southern New England Reformation Conference being held at the church I pastor in North Providence, Rhode Island. You are warmly invited. For more information, please see here: http...

Paul "Champion of the Chip People" Levy makes good points regarding petitions, with which - I must confess, though it irks me to do so - I am substantially in agreement. If he carefully reads the post about the Keep Marriage Special petition, he will observe that it is not so much a recommendation...

I see that Jeremy has requested us to sign yet another petition on Gay Marriage. I slightly dread petitions. I have never known a petition to have any effect whatsoever, apart from in school once where chips were removed from the daily menu and I successfully led a sixth form revolt to restore them...

Many Christians in the UK will be aware of one or more of the various campaigns opposing the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill currently passing through the Houses of Parliament. There was significant opposition to this legislation in the House of Commons, though the Bill did pass its Second Reading...

A word to the wise: learn all you can while you can, because the longer you go on in ministry, the less 'discretionary time' you are likely to have. If you are a younger man, perhaps a seminarian, you may feel busy. But you may, relatively speaking, have few or limited church responsibilities, you...

As a pastor I always seek to recommend solid, Christ-centered reading materials for the people I shepherd. Just recently I came across two superb series of children's books which I cannot commend highly enough. Not only do these volumes explain Bible doctrines clearly and simply, but best of all...