Category: church life

Sufficiency of Scripture for Pastoral Ministry, 3, lessons

July 3, 2019

In the previous two posts we considered what 2 Timothy 3:14-17 teaches us about the sufficiency of Scripture for pastoral ministry. We considered the saving wisdom Scripture gives, v.15, the divine origin of Scripture, v.16, the wide-ranging purposes Scripture serves, v.16, and the complete equipping Scripture provides, v.17. in this third and final post on … More Sufficiency of Scripture for Pastoral Ministry, 3, lessons

Guest Post: How to Welcome Sinners into Your Church, part 2 by Dan Wakefield

September 8, 2015

 Dan Wakefield currently serves as a pastoral intern at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Coconut Creek Florida. This article and the two to follow are edited from a recent sermon Dan preached in our church.  In the last post the focus was upon the Pharisees’ attitude toward lost sinners. Now let’s consider.. Jesus’ attitude toward lost sinners When … More Guest Post: How to Welcome Sinners into Your Church, part 2 by Dan Wakefield

Guest Post: How to Welcome Sinners into Your Church, part 1 by Dan Wakefield

August 28, 2015

Dan Wakefield currently serves as a pastoral intern at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Coconut Creek Florida. This article and the two to follow are edited from a recent sermon Dan preached in our church. In a recent series, Pastor Jeff Smith demonstrated how we as Christians should respond, not only to the recent Supreme Court decision, … More Guest Post: How to Welcome Sinners into Your Church, part 1 by Dan Wakefield

Helpful Questions for Discerning a Credible Profession of Faith by Jeffery Smith

June 4, 2015

Ebenezer Morris was a powerful preacher in Wales, little known about today. He lived and preached during times of great revivals there and went home to be with the Lord at the age of 56 on Monday, August 15th, 1825. There’s a whole chapter devoted to his life in Volume Two of The Calvinistic Methodist … More Helpful Questions for Discerning a Credible Profession of Faith by Jeffery Smith