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As a pastor, it is somewhat easy to remain locked away in your study preparing sermons, as well as praying, counseling, writing blogs, and sending emails. And what about home and hospital visitations, funerals, weddings, and spending time with your family? All of those things combined make for a...

Last week we began to look at the Logos 5 platform , assessing something of the underlying provision. Today we move on to the base packages . These come at a range of levels, the most popular likely to be Gold, Silver or Bronze . There's also a Starter pack with some of the very basic materials,...

One of the perennial problems in all churches is that of chairs. When I candidated at the church where I serve I remember being asked on numerous occasions what I thought about the directions of the chairs - should they be in straight rows or a kind of horse shoe? My reply was I couldn't care less...

"People see me all the time And they just can't remember how to act. Their minds are filled with big ideas, Images, and distorted facts." Bob Dylan Two realities have played a large role in shaping my identity: my blindness and my Christian faith. I have at times struggled with just how these two...

I'm trying to take a fast from buying books. I have an ever growing pile of books to read, the tyranny of the new book has meant I've neglected older ones. S o far I've managed two and a half months on my fast and I'm not sure how much longer I'll stay on the wagon but I've really enjoyed...

Sunday worship is a sensitive issue. Advocates of the regulative and normative principles of worship each have a lens through which they look to subscribe to certain principles about worship. Which is right? Years ago I began reading on the topic. Having a wide array of Sunday morning experiences,...

There seems to be a common misconception among believers, at least in my growing experience as a Christian and as a pastor. It is a misconception that I have seen and felt from various directions. It shows itself among husbands and wives, parents and children, church members toward one another and...

Some time ago I read a letter from a pastor who had spent time in hospital. He was surprised at how ill-equipped the saints who came to visit him seemed to be in ministering to his soul as he lay in the hospital bed. More recently, I was asked by a brother in a church which is currently without a...

Thankfully God deals with our idols, because left to ourselves we certainly would not. Four years ago I had a paid flight to South Africa, tickets to many games, and passes into some of the various television studios (Al Jazeera, FOX, etc.). But my wife was pregnant with twins - her fault, by the...

When I first arrived at seminary, I was appalled that anyone claiming to be Protestant would baptize infants. In my limited understanding, only Roman Catholics conducted themselves in such an unbiblical manner. In my mind, infant baptism may have been as close to heresy as one could get without...