Food Offered to Idols: A Contemporary Issue
Reposted from Rooted Thinking. This post originally appeared at GFA’s blog Commissioned, where you can find more missions-related content.
Saddleback hopes to stay in SBC amid female pastor controversy, lead pastor says
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“In comments given to the Baptist Press, which serves as the official news service for the SBC, Wood explained that ‘we are committed to stay in fellowship and unified with other SBC churches even when we disagree.’” - C.Post
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The Danger of the Scarcity Gospel
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“The prosperity gospel is heresy…. there is something of a similar nature lurking in my own circles….the scarcity gospel. It is the belief that we should expect God to do very little through our churches or in our lifetime.” - By Faith
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Should pastors hand over ministries to their children?
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“If there is no one sent to me by God, I will assume that God sent my son to take over the leadership role in the ministry.” - C.Post
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Suicide and the Church
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“The prevailing idea is that the Christian faith is to be a faith of joy, making depression a sin….As a result, depressed people have been riddled with guilt, have hidden in shame, and have been afraid to surface in order to get the help they need.” - C.Leaders
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What Is Deconstruction?
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“Most pastors have heard of deconstruction and some say they’ve seen it in their pews, but no one knows exactly what faith deconstruction means.” - Lifeway
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5 Observations on Pastoral Salaries
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“it may be nearly impossible for churches to raise the salary of their pastors to account for growing expenses caused by inflation. If so, then congregations should realize that pastors have less spending power than they had a year prior.” - Wyatt Graham
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GARBC and Regular Baptist Ministries Is Moving
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“The home office of Regular Baptist Ministries, including the GARBC, has been located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 2015. In a time when the commercial real estate market is experiencing an abundance of available properties for sale, we received a full-price cash offer for our office.” - GARBC
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An Evangelistic Approach: Addressing the Sinner’s Hope
In a previous blog post, we evaluated a few common approaches Christians use when communicating the gospel. There were two main concerns that I expressed about some of these approaches. First, the gospel can unintentionally be presented as a means to a self-centered end. Secondly, these approaches assume that the listener has a Biblical framework to process gospel truth. We can’t presume, however, that people understand what we mean when we talk about God, sin, Jesus, repentance, or faith.
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Logos 10: A pastoral review
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“OK, Logos is great. It is also expensive. …In this section, I will offer a few tips on how to reduce the cost.” - Don Johnson
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