Thursday, February 5, 2009 • 5:15 am
In the book Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry John MacArthur is asked the following question:
What do you see as the greatest threats that may undermine a man’s ministry today?
One threat is laziness. We live in a really busy and fast-paced culture. many men run fast, but I’m not sure they go very deep. By that I mean it is easy to be busy with the short and easier tasks but leave the long, hard jobs undone. We are raising a culture, for example, that does not do the manual labor, at least in the major cities. You hire people to do that. It’s a service-oriented culture in America, it’s moving away from farming and manufacturing, and it’s all automated. Many men do not know how to work hard, especially those who have been in school for a long time. They know how to stay busy doing a number of little things, but they do not know how to focus with discipline on the main thing – diligence and discipline in the Scripture. The result is often a failure to attend to the priorities and resultant superficiality in the ministry – the things that take time and prayer and intense study of the Word – are often not done well.
Second, there are constant threats in the area of personal purity. We all have to guard our hearts and strengthen the inner man to remain pure, devoted to Christ, and dedicated to things that are holy.
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Filed under: John MacArthur, Ministry, Pastors
Friday, December 19, 2008 • 3:22 pm
The Top 10 Preachers of 2007 is probably the most visited post on this blog. I have found that amazing but at the same time I am convinced that these great men of God have a wide impact in their pulpit ministry.
It is that time of year to post the Top 10 Preachers of 2008. Last year I included preachers that are dead and simply made an impact upon me in their writings. I will include the dead preachers at the end of this list as Honorable Mentions.
These men of God have pointed me to the cross of Christ and the glory of God in 2008 by explaining God’s Word. Thank you to all who made the list. If these men have impacted you in some way in 2008 please drop me a line.
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Filed under: Albert Mohler, John MacArthur, John Piper, Preaching, R.C. Sproul, Sinclair Ferguson
Saturday, April 19, 2008 • 10:28 am
Enjoy free audio downloads from the 2008 Together for the Gospel national conference that took place this past week in Louisville, Kentucky. Together for the Gospel is a biennial conference for pastors and church leaders hosted by Albert Mohler, Mark Dever, C.J. Mahaney, and Ligon Duncan. All the general sessions are available for streaming or download. Thanks to Sovereign Grace Ministries for making these audio downloads free of charge. Click here to begin downloading wonderful teaching and preaching from God’s Word from:
Albert Mohler, Mark Dever, C.J. Mahaney, Ligon Duncan, R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, John Piper, and Thabiti Anyabwile.
Filed under: Albert Mohler, Audio Download, Conference, John MacArthur, John Piper, Ministry, Pastors, Preaching, R.C. Sproul
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 • 7:32 am
The annual Shepherds’ Conference hosted by Grace Community Church and pastor John MacArthur will begin March 5-9. This year the conference will be available to all via a live stream. You can view every general session with the keynote speakers, as well as select sessions from various seminar speakers from your own home or office. Once at the live stream page, you will need to login using your Shepherds’ Fellowship account information or create a new account if you are not yet a member. After you login, you will be able to view the conference schedule, stream options, as well as other important viewing information. The first session to appear on the live stream will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, with John MacArthur speaking.
Please click on the following link:
Sherpherds’ Conference Live Stream
The keynote speakers this year are: John MacArthur, Albert Mohler, Steven Lawson, Rick Holland, Phillip Johnson and Tom Pennington.
Filed under: Albert Mohler, Audio Download, Conference, John MacArthur
Saturday, January 5, 2008 • 12:42 pm
