As stated previously, as I go through my ordination process I’m doing more study on several doctrinal areas and how some of those relate to current issues. One of those areas is what I believe the Bible says about marriage, divorce, and remarriage. I consider this topic as of the utmost importance, since it is so foundational to society as well as the fact that issues surrounding marriage make up the bulk of pastoral counseling and cases of church discipline. I’ve reassessed my position through much research, prayer, and contemplation and actually modified my position in two meaningful ways regarding divorce and remarriage. Continue reading
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A Slow Leak
The moment words are used prayerlessly and people are treated prayerlessly, something essential begins to leak out of life.
Eugene Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant (Page 56)
The Burden and Blessing of Pursuing Ordination
I’m currently in the process of seeking ordination in the Evangelical Free Church of America. Actually, in one sense, I’ve been in this process since 2006. The EFCA has a two-tier ministerial credentialing process that requires those seeking Ordination to first be “Licensed” for ministry. Continue reading
Pastoring…A Good Working Definition
Our job is to give people such joy in Christ that the treasures and temptations of this earth look like pathetic alternatives.
Tim Chester and Steve Timmis, Everyday Church (Page 73)