PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Can Christians be Indubitably real ever again?” The Wesleyan revival of the eighteenth century was one of the great outpourings of the Spirit, and the secret to retaining the fruits of revival was the class meetings that were held by the Wesley’s. They emphasized Bible reading, prayer, holiness and dedication to be practiced…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “THANKSLIVING: It’s better than THANKSGIVING!” I am not sure when, where, or who first used the term “thanksliving”. Peter Gomes, renowned preacher of Harvard University in the 20th Century, (though not one I am particularly able to embrace the theology he embraced), wrote that he had a friend who kept an old Sunday…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The little difference that makes a big difference”. Howard W. Ferrin, President of Providence Bible College, used to exhort his students often with the following words: “There is little difference between men, but that little difference makes a big difference!” He told them that to encourage them to pay the price; to…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: The Church-A blood-washed hippopotamus? One of my favorite professors was Earl Radmacher. Dr. Radmacher was the President of Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary in Portland, Oregon. I was introduced to him through my Greek professor/ Mentor Dr. John A. Burns. Dr. Radmacher, as his doctoral dissertation, wrote the best book ever written,…