As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
A crowd of roughly 40 Biblical and theological educators met at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, Wis., from Monday through Wednesday, July 29 to 31, for this year’s edition of the annual Bible Faculty Summit.
Those in attendance represented the following colleges and seminaries:
“Around 3 in 10 (29%) U.S. Protestant churchgoers say their church’s ministry activities and methods would fit best in a time period before the turn of the new millennium….Close to half (52%) say their church’s ministry belongs in the 2000s or later. Another 19% aren’t sure.” - Baptist Press
“1. Once a year: Study Break…. 2. Each week: Half prep-time for a future week / Half prep-time for this week…. 3. Continual: The Notes app on my phone and handwritten notes in back covers” - Eric Geiger
“To be a member of the Gideons, one must be an adult man and conform to a set of spiritual beliefs that are entirely uncontroversial for most Biblical Christians. Among these requisites is the commitment to ‘the Biblical standard of marriage being between one biological man and one biological woman.’” - Juicy Ecumenism
From Lectures to My Students: A Selection from Addresses Delivered to the Students of The Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle
First Series, Lecture X
By C.H. Spurgeon
Read the series.
“According to an announcement released Friday, the two parties stated that they ‘have reached a global resolution agreement settling all outstanding disputes on both legal and personal matters.’” - CPost
“The church court stripped the Rev. Thomas Jay Oord, of Nampa, Idaho, of his preaching credentials and expelled him from membership in the 2.5 million-member global denomination.” - RNS
“With the Japanese invasion pressing further into China in 1944, [Liddell’s] wife and their two daughters (and another on the way) were sent overseas to avoid danger…. Liddell was convinced he should stay.” - TGC
It has often been noted that—tempted as we as preachers might be—we can never preach to the crowd that is not present. This column might be a bit unusual, then, as one might say that it is presented for the person who will never read it. At least in the case of the written word, however, it can be posted for all to see—and share.
“The survey findings revealed that many pastors struggle with their level of financial knowledge. Fewer than half said they were somewhat or very well prepared for financial matters by their college, seminary or first employer in ministry, while 48% said they put off thinking about financial matters because they don’t feel knowledgeable in that area.” - The Baptist Paper
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