Using Cultural Moments to Spread the Gospel - The Focused Pastor
With Halloween just around the corner, have you considered that it may be an opportunity to advance the Gospel?| The Focused Pastor
Old hymns allow us to dig deeper into our faith and add a melody to the life-giving teachings of scripture. Do you need a song of response for baptisms? There’s an old hymn for that. Are you looking for a new Christmas song about the mystery of God becoming man? There’s an old hymn for that. If your church’s music diet lacks variety, I suggest you pick up an old hymnal and seek fresh ideas. The post Reasons to Sing Old Hymns appeared first on The Focused Pastor.| The Focused Pastor
This is the sixth in a series of articles on pastors and the spiritual disciplines. One of the disciplines we can practice either alone or with others is fasting. As with prayer, we fast in the hope that by His grace, God will bless us. The post The Blessings of Fasting as a Spiritual Discipline appeared first on The Focused Pastor.| The Focused Pastor
With Halloween just around the corner, have you considered that it may be an opportunity to advance the Gospel?| The Focused Pastor
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I’ve been reviewing a significant number of the videos of Charlie engaging college students across the country. If you’ve seen them, then you know a staggering number of those students hold strong opinions that ideas contrary to their own constitute “hate.” The message you walk away with after …| Phil Cooke
Political divisions have made their way into many church families. May we commit to unity around the gospel and walk in Christlike love. The post Reconciling Political Divisions in the Church appeared first on The Focused Pastor.| The Focused Pastor
Caring for this generation and helping them cope with their anxieties is one of thegreatest pastoral challenges of the twenty-first century.| The Focused Pastor
Sharing Options Contents Interesting Question Masculine Worship Bahnsen at Jackson Thanks for the Input, And . . . Narcissism in the Church Hard Choice Thought About It Eschatology and Christian Nationalism Upon Discovering Campbell’s Book Everybody Knows It All Depends Thanks for Reading A Question about Chaplains An Interesting Read Apparently Sign of the Cross … Continue Reading "More Letters, and Why Not?"| Blog & Mablog
I would briefly like to bring up a topic that many have asked about as relationships in their lives change over time — loneliness. An acquaintance of mine from my seminary studies, Fr. Peregrine O.Praem., a canon at St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California, has recently offered a wonderful lecture on loneliness, that I highly […]| Truth & Love
