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August 2013

August 15, 2013

Stories or Anecdotes

A good point of discussion from Jonathan Fitzgerald: What are the distinguishing features of the...

August 13, 2013

A New Kind of DMin — for you?

We are very excited about the interest and applicants to our new DMin at Northern...

August 02, 2013

Preaching/Speaking from an iPad? 10 Rules

By Brandon Hilgemann: Do you speak from an iPad? Any experiences? Any wisdom? 1. THOU...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Expectations of the Elders

From Thom Rainer: An experiment I tried several years ago, though, might prove instructive. When...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Man of God Syndrome

By Steve Hill: Thank you Steve Hill. What are two marks of this man-of-God syndrome?...

June 23, 2013

Pastors and their Sermon Prep Time

Source Here is something to consider before you rehash and mash up the pastor's sermon...

June 14, 2013

Preaching is Love

From John Frye, our weekly From the Shepherd's Nook column. Jesus Creed Preaching If I...

June 07, 2013

The Map of the Soul

This is John Frye's weekly column, From the Shepherd's Nook. Preaching: The Map of the...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Why Preach?

From the Shepherd's Nook, a weekly column from pastor John Frye One rumor in pastoral...

May 24, 2013

From the Shepherd’s Nook: John Frye

Pastors Preach, by John Frye My own vision of pastoral ministry in the North American...

May 17, 2013

From the Shepherd’s Nook: Preaching as Encounter

By John Frye. We should not be surprised how the soterian gospel has reshaped USAmerican...

May 10, 2013

From the Shepherd’s Nook (John Frye)

Word Craft, by John Frye Years ago I might have titled this post “Personal Precise...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

On Preparing Sermons: Stott’s Wisdom

From Josh Harris, from John Stott (reduced for this site): Steps for Preparing a Sermon...

March 15, 2013

Sermons and their Source

I once read a piece in the New York Times about pastors swiping sermons from sermon...

March 14, 2013

Living the Parables of Jesus Today

On this blog I've maintained a number of times that the parables of Jesus invite...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook – A Pastor’s Take on the New Les Miserables

From John Frye Anyone who knows the storyline of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (Les Mis)...

November 2012

November 16, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook: John Frye

Our good friend, John Frye, has sent to me four posts while he is ministering...

November 08, 2012

Preaching to Mixed Audiences

When Bill Hybels (not the image) came up with the idea of "seeker-sensitive services" his...

November 02, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook: John Frye and Parable of the Bible

This post is by John Frye. Many pastors like myself were given “tools” in seminary...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

The Pastor and Politics

From Mark Stevens: Upon reading this I was reminded of why it is not my...

October 19, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook: The Pastor’s Language

Our Shepherd's Nook column is by John Frye, who again takes us to someone many...

October 05, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook: John Frye

Eugene Peterson notes that rarely do we read apocalyptic and pastor in the same sentence....

September 2012

September 11, 2012

A Pastor’s Approach to Science (RJS)

Recently BioLogos posted a talk given by Pastor Joel Hunter at the March 2012 Theology...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Marks of the Gift of Teaching

The apostle Paul provides a rough and ready list of (some of) the gifts God's...

August 24, 2012

From the Shepherd’s Nook: What about the 5-fold ministry?

This weekly column by John Frye now has a name: From the Shepherd's Nook. Scot...

August 01, 2012

Preaching: Raiding or Reading?

I have a very brief post, and it concerns how and what we preach. Observing...

July 2012

July 02, 2012

Megachurch “Pastor”

A Singapore pastor has been arrested for swiping to the tune of 23 million dollars....

June 2012

June 04, 2012

Ten Reasons to Attend Seminary

Many of you know that I will begin as a faculty member at Northern Seminary, in...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

A Balanced Perspective of Images for Ministry

John Piper's address about a masculine ministry and masculine Christianity was bold but nowhere in...

February 03, 2012

John Piper, what he said

The internet is ringing with stuff about pastor John Piper and his recent opening comments...