Matthew | February 28, 2011
Ever meet one of those preachers, the ones that are always bragging about sometime. The ones that the congregation they work for is perfect, the ones that the congregation is always growing by leaps and bounds. They have the best members, best elders, best preaching, the best everything. So you are nice, but after a [...]
Matthew | February 25, 2011
This was an interesting book on chess. It was not much on strategy or opening or the endgame, but it was a study of the thinking processes of various class levels in chess. The author did a study with various positions by having chess players of different ability think out loud as they looked at [...]
Matthew | February 24, 2011
Yesterday I left the house at 7:45am and did not return until 9:00pm. This is not complaining, in fact, this is a short Wednesday for me. Typically, I leave and do not return until 11:00 or 12:00 o’clock at night. We have elder’s meeting on Wednesday evening. But mostly, on Wednesday I get to go [...]
Matthew | February 23, 2011
The elders call you in. They have a few questions and you have a few questions. In this process, the elders state that they want you to help grow the congregation. Only once did a eldership state to me, “we do not want this church to grow.” Honesty is beautiful, though in this case sad. [...]
Matthew | February 22, 2011
As a minister, you are always trying to read the situation and make the right move. There are no laws in ministry, mostly. Every hospital visit, every Bible study, there are different elements to take into consideration. There are some general principles, but few laws. One of the situations that ministers wonder about is checking [...]
Matthew | February 17, 2011
I am a poor writer. I always making mistakes on here. There are various kinds of mistakes. There can be poor writing and there are spelling and grammar, but this book mostly over looks this area and focuses on how to make a good sentence. It is a helpful book and really helped with some [...]
Matthew | February 16, 2011
This post is about certain bloggers that I would enjoy having a conversation with. Some of these guys I have meet and others I know just thought church connection and the internet. All of these bloggers are on my blog list on the side of this page. Of course I would like to talk with [...]
Matthew | February 15, 2011
After reading theology book after theology book for a few months in preparation for the Theology in Ministry class, I was excited to read a light book about mountain climbing. It has been a dream of mine to climb this mountain. People call this a “everyman Everest.” This is because you can climb it with [...]
Matthew | February 14, 2011
I have been doing full time ministry for over 9 years. Yes, this makes me a rookie still, but I have learned a few lessons a long the way. One of the most important lessons is handling paradox in ministry. This is the tension that ministry can cause in a preacher’s life. It never goes [...]
Matthew | February 10, 2011
Announcing the Kingdom is a widely scoped treatment of the people of God. The author starts at the beginning by tracing the spread of the kingdom of God on earth. The premise of the book states that “all scripture points to the fact that God is a missionary God, that the church is to be [...]
