Archive for category: Pastoral Theology

One of the greatest tests for one’s theology is how well it survives the simple application to the everyday Christian life, and how it works in the ministry of the elders in the congregation. Most books today that are “practical” are theologically abhorrent; and not many that are theologically accurate bridge the gap to the practical application in every day

I used to use that as a tagline on my old BBS posts (if you know what a BBS is/was, well, you are older than my kids). It was followed by a reference:  “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth.” (Job 40:4)  The context was in reference, back then, to

“Resolved, Never hence-forward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.” (from the “Resolutions” of Jonathan Edwards, begun in 1722) “Perhaps the simplest statement of it is the best: that it lies in a profound apprehension of God in His majesty, with the inevitably accompanying poignant realization of the exact