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  • Introduction to The work of the pastor

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    Sinclair Ferguson once said “Every pastor should read this book at least once a year” If you wonder why, then read what Thabiti Anyabwile have to say about his experience below. In this post I will post the introduction to this book written by William Still, and in the next post, the First chapter of…

  • Good teaching on a Call to the Ministry

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    If you are in Ministry of the Word of God or aspire to be, and want to be really blessed and helped by excellent teaching please follow the links below to a series by pastor Albert N Martin You will not regret it! A Call to the ministry 1 of 5 Six Wrong Reasons to…

  • The call to the ministry – The ultimate test

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    By the late Rev. Martin Holdt The ministry is beyond doubt the highest and holiest calling in the world. It is hard and exacting. It calls for great sacrifice and is demanding to the extreme. Many men are willing to accept the challenge of such a work and many give up their well-earned security to…

  • Great Sermons of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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    One of the most gifted preachers of our times was Dr Mrtyn Lloyd-Jones. The following links are to some of this great series. The recordings was done in the fifties and sixties so the quality is not always so good yet can be followed and in most cases are well restored. Especially relevant is his…

  • Not corrupting the word

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    by JC Ryle borrowed from: http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2006/03/word-from-late-bishop-of-liverpool.html J. C. Ryle’s book Warnings to the Churches contains a sermon preached in August of 1858, titled “Not Corrupting the Word.” The following excerpt from that sermon was published exactly ninety-nine years later, in the August 1957 issue of The Banner of Truth. That issue of the magazine is…

  • Parting Sermons of Dr Albert N Martin

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      For over forty years, Pastor Albert N. Martin faithfully served the Lord and His people as an elder of Trinity Baptist Church of Montville, New Jersey. Due to increasing and persistent health problems, he stepped down as one of their pastors, and in June, 2008, Pastor Martin and his wife, Dorothy, relocated to Michigan,…

  • Reformed Pastor – Part 1- Take Heed of Yourself

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    extracts from the work of Richard Baxter – The Reformed Pastor   CHAPTER I – THE OVERSIGHT OF OURSELVES SECTION 1 THE NATURE OF THIS OVERSIGHT Let us consider, What it is to take heed to ourselves. 1. See that the work of saving grace be thoroughly wrought in your own souls. Take heed to…

  • Liberalism or Christianity

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    by J. Gresham Machen An address delivered, in substance, in the Wayne Presbyterian Church, Wayne, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1921, before the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Ruling Elders’ Association of Chester Presbytery, on the subject, “The Present Attack against the Fundamentals of our Christian Faith, from the Point of View of Colleges and Seminaries.” Originally…

  • Emerging church and old liberalism

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    by John MacArthur borrowed from: http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2006/03/been-there-done-that.htmlalso available from the new Shepherds’ Fellowship blog, Pulpit Live. John MacArthur now blogs there weekly along with several staff and lay pastors of Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA. The Shepherds’ Fellowship is a resource primarily designed to extend the benefits of Grace Church’s annual Shepherds’ Conference to pastors…

  • The Pelagian Captivity of the Church

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    by: R. C. Sproul. (borrowed from an article that was once available on www.modernreformation.org). Shortly after the Reformation began, in the first few years after Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg, he issued some short booklets on a variety of subjects. One of the most provocative was titled The…

  • Pelagianism and the modern church

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    By Dr RC Sproul. The rivals of the early church Augustine and Pelagius began the debate over the depravity of man. “It is Augustine who gave us the Reformation.” So wrote B. B. Warfield in his assessment of the influence of Augustine on church history. It is not only that Luther was an Augustinian monk,…

  • What’s wrong with evangelism today – introduction

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    This is an introduction to a book that has been very helpful. It is called: “Today’s Gospel authentic or synthetic?” by Walter J. Chantry. Available from good bookshops. WHAT’S WRONG WITH EVANGELISM TODAY? Truth and unity Evangelicals know that all is not well in their churches and missions. Behind the facade of glowing missionary reports…