…We must never forget that the first part of the gospel is not “Accept Christ as Savior,” but, “God is there.” – Francis Schaeffer
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A Minister & His Bible
…A minister with his Bible is like David with his sling and stone, fully equipped for the fray. – C.S. Spurgeon, Lecture to My Students
Our Own Tools
My dad loves working on engines. And, by extension, he loves his tools. I never once saw my dad put a tool away without wiping it off and storing it in its proper place.
In Lectures to My Students, C.H. Spurgeon wrote of ministers:
We are, in a certain sense, our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in order.
Ministers can only preach with their own voice. They can only reason with their own …
7 Quotes from The Pastor and Counseling by Jeremy Pierre & Deepak Reju
Counseling is not a strength of mine. But, as a pastor it’s a part of the job and so I want to grow into the counseling ministry. This year I’ll be reading three books on the subject. I just finished this short into by Jeremy Pierre and Deepak Reju: The Pastor and Counseling. The book divides into three sections: Concepts, Process, and Context. I explain those three here but I bring them up to highlight …