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Jeff Straub Last week, I began to offer some advice to help churches become more missions-minded. My first counsel was that the pastor must himself… Read More »How to Have a Missions-Minded Church: Financial Support
Jeff Straub Seminary professors who come to the classroom with missionary and pastoral experience can offer immense practical value to men preparing for ministry. I… Read More »How to Have a Missions-Minded Church: The Pastor
The Free Church tradition typically devotes more thought to the way preaching shapes liturgy than vice versa. This is an unfortunate imbalance that overlooks the… Read More »How Liturgy Shapes Preaching
Every church follows a form of liturgy, whether intentional or not. Unfortunately, some churches tend toward two extremes in this matter. Some traditions take liturgy… Read More »How Preaching Shapes Liturgy
We are pleased to announce that Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis has been granted associate membership in the Association of Theological Schools. This recognition… Read More »Central Seminary Gains Standing with ATS
Short-term mission trips are now part of the warp and woof of evangelical Christianity. Like so many other things, short-term trips have their pros and… Read More »Reflections on Summer Teaching, Part Four: Challenges of Short-Term Missions
Travel through any international airport in the world today, especially during the summer, and you will see them: in numbers large and small, youth, college,… Read More »Reflections on Summer Teaching, Part Three: The Short-Term Missionary
Last week, I shared some observations gained from a busy summer of teaching internationally. I received a number of replies, both supportive and questioning, that… Read More »Reflections on Summer Teaching, Part Two: Church Planting, Theological Education, and the Great Commission
In May and July, the Lord gave me the opportunity to travel overseas to teach church history in three different countries. Two of the countries… Read More »Reflections on Summer Teaching
Recently, an article was written by Thomas Rainer here regarding a worship style that is attractive to Millennials. Just to be clear on the name “Millennials,” it… Read More »Biblical worship is trans-generational
During the time of the Kings of the split Kingdom, there were certain kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom) who did right in the sight of… Read More »Manasseh’s Blended Worship
Recently, Pastor Michael Harding of First Baptist Church of Troy, Michigan was invited to debate the issue of Christians and beverage alcohol on a Moody… Read More »Drinking, Cheeseburgers, and Marijuana?
Several years ago, I was burdened about the need to focus the attention of our children away from the materialistic influences of Christmas. That task… Read More »Taigen Joos talks about his new Christmas devotional
Many Christians today are understandably concerned about the state of our nation. There seems to be corruption on many levels, and very few politicians appear… Read More »We Must Perpetuate a Conservative Christianity
The modern American culture treats the normal week as beginning with Monday. The typical work week is from Monday through Friday, which often leads people… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 7
Following the rigid ceremonialism of the Roman Catholic Church, reformers such as Luther and Calvin were cautious about formalizing Christian worship to a ceremonial “first… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 6
The scriptural information regarding the Lord’s Day ends at Revelation 1:10. However, a helpful addition to the biblical material is the record of history’s view… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 5
In considering a discussion of the Lord’s Day, it is helpful to do so in connection with the Old Testament Sabbath Day. This can help… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 4
When addressing the question of the importance of the Lord’s Day, it is helpful to investigate other internal evidence within the New Testament, prior to… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 3
The phrase “the Lord’s Day” is used only one time in the Scriptures, and it comes in the final book of the New Testament. In… Read More »The Lord’s Day, part 2