A call to every over-worked pastor to come apart and rest a while.
Read More →A Divine Invitation to Pastoral Rest
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The Don and the Driscoll, How abuse changes a child’s brain, Debt and Seminary, Sitting statistics
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A pastor’s hats, Digital Puritan, DeskBike, Free Mood-enhancer, Keeping the faith…in Seminary
Read More →A son’s moving tribute to his Pastor Father
As many of you know, Pastor Martin Holdt went home to be with the Lord last week after a sudden and short illness. Pastor Holdt was a much-loved and highly-respected Reformed Baptist pastor in South Africa. His son, Jonathan, is also a pastor in South Africa, and I’ve got to know him through his ThM…
Read More →Lunch Links
Top 10 Tech trends, Must-have desk, LeBron James and celebrity pastors, Books & Kindle for kids
Read More →Two Surgeries in One Week
Why are some medical experiences glamorous and bloggable, whereas others are humiliating and confidential?
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The science of email, Preaching Proverbs, 7 Characteristics of a Competent Counselor, Making Peace with Time
Read More →Wilderness University
I’ve been reading through Steve Jobs biography and remembered that a long while back I wrote a post about the university we both attended.
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Freebies, killing sin, timeliness next to godliness, A petition about petitions, Have Americans lost their work ethic?
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Fastest growing group of Seminarians, 5 pastoral insights from Philemon, 20 Productivity Gifts, Holy Ambition
Read More →Looking back and counting my blessings
Looking back and counting my blessings in 2011
Read More →Location, Location, Location
Why is it so hard to work-out or study Hebrew once we’ve sat in my favorite chair? Why is it so easy to forget about the to-do list while waist -deep in the river?
Read More →New Positions Available at Puritan Seminary
Inviting applications for two full-time positions: (1) Technology Director (2) Dean of Students & Spiritual Formation
Read More →The Must-Have Pastoral Skill
What is the must-have pastoral skill? Social intelligence.
Read More →Top 10 preaching mistakes
As I’ve listened over the years to students begin to preach, I’ve noticed the same mistakes arising again and again, the same mistakes that we all fall into from time to time. The ten most common are:
Read More →Would you turn down Princeton?
Imagine receiving the following request:
“Good afternoon. You’re the greatest theologian in North America and we’d like to have you come be the president of the Princeton seminary. We want you to train the future pastors of America.”
Reformation continues in Los Angeles
Nathan Eshelman is a graduate of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and the Pastor of Los Angeles Reformed Presbyterian Church. I found his latest newsletter so encouraging.
Read More →17th Century Spirituality in the 21st Century
Danny Hyde recently organized a conference on 17th Century Spirituality in the 21st Century where the guest speaker was Dr Carl Truman of Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia.
Read More →The role of nursing mothers in training pastors
Yesterday, I proposed that pastoral training begins in the womb. Today, I’d like to suggest that one of the best seminary classes a pastor or trainee pastor could attend is to spend time with a young mother.
Read More →Womb Seminary
Looking back on my life I’ve been increasingly struck by how God was preparing me for Gospel ministry long before I was even converted. And in such reflection I’ve found plenty material for worship – worship of God’s sovereignty, God’s wisdom, and God’s love.
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