Category: Life in the Church

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Church and Gospel Podcast – 4.4.19

Welcome back to the Church and Gospel podcast! In this podcast, Dr. Ross Parker talks with CSU alum Cory Singleton, who serves as Worship and Creative Pastor at Journey Church, about internships in the local church, and specifically what that looks like at Journey Church. LINKS Journey Church Journey Church’s internship program 

Ministry is Messy: A Word for Future Pastors

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I remember working a summer job at Lizard’s Thicket in Greenville. It was the kind of place where older people came in and instead of ordering the food they wanted by name, they would order by color. “Let’s see,” they would say, “I already have an orange and a brown…I need a green. I’ll have… Continue reading Ministry is Messy: A Word for Future Pastors

Resolutions for Pastors and Church Planters

2019 is almost upon us. This is a time that many of us are making resolutions or decisions to do something differently, better, more often, or to stop doing something altogether. As Pastors, the resolutions we make affect at least one of the many relationships we must balance. We are often husbands, fathers, grandfathers, brothers,… Continue reading Resolutions for Pastors and Church Planters

Growing Fruit

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“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased praying for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him:  bearing fruit in every good work and increasing… Continue reading Growing Fruit

Talking about the End of the World, Part 5: Thinking about the Second Advent During the Season of the First

This is the final installment in a five-part blog series on how to think carefully and faithfully about what the Bible teaches about the end of the world. To read part 4 of this series, click HERE. Here we are at the end of our series on talking about the end of the world and… Continue reading Talking about the End of the World, Part 5: Thinking about the Second Advent During the Season of the First

Unity

In recent years, there has been much talk about reconciliation and unity. Most of this discussion has been beneficial and Biblical, and much overdue. Unfortunately, the well-meaning desire for unity has shifted the goal posts so that it might be more easily achieved. If we are to work towards Biblical unity, we have to have… Continue reading Unity

To Advent or Not to Advent, That is the Question

Being raised in a traditional mill village Southern Baptist church and later practicing faith in conservative suburban congregations “Advent” was both a foreign term and concept. After Harriet and I were married we became active members in a small town First Baptist Church. This was before my call to ministry and subsequent theological education. When… Continue reading To Advent or Not to Advent, That is the Question

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