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Be Tender-Hearted and Thick-Skinned: How Humility Protects Pastors from Pastoral Burnout

BibleMesh, By Aaron Menikoff / October 12, 2022

They wanted to talk about my preaching. I hadn’t been at the church very long, but they had some concerns. A few single women recently left the church, and these deacons were convinced it was my fault. My sermons, they insisted, must be too “masculine.” I didn’t know what they meant—I still don’t! I certainly …

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The Origins of the Black Protestant Tradition in America

BibleMesh, By Miles Smith / October 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. The recent publication of David Hackett Fischer’s African Founders introduced prominent Early Republic African-American clergymen to the reading public. The book’s cover features Absolom Jones, a prominent Episcopal rector of a Black congregation in Philadelphia. Born enslaved, Jones was the first person …

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The Faith Mission of the Celtic Saints—Timothy Jones (1955 – )

BibleMesh / October 3, 2022

Timothy Jones, the author of The Art of Prayer: A Simple Guide and Awake, My Soul, was formerly an editor of Christianity Today. He is now senior associate rector at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee. In the following excerpt from his book, A Place for God, he describes the radical commitment of early Celtic saints who embarked on a life of …

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BOOK REVIEW: Jonathan Edwards, Treatise on Grace and Other Posthumously Published Writings

BibleMesh, Book Reviews, By Shane Walker / October 2, 2022

James Clarke and Co. Ltd, 1971, 131 pgs. Summary: A collection of important, but somewhat rare scholastic works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) which tend to correct misunderstandings about Edward’s Trinitarianism and adherence to covenantal thought. These works were not included in the most available collection of Edwards’ writings. Edited by and with an introduction by …

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Choral Communion: A Case for Church Choirs in the Post-Pandemic Era

BibleMesh, By Ryanne McLaren Molinari / September 28, 2022

As congregations return to regular gatherings, they are facing urgent questions of how to continue in worship, and churches with choirs are having to decide: Is choral singing too risky in a culture wary of contagion? Are the typical demographics of choirs too vulnerable? Are church choirs outdated anyway and COVID-19 their inevitable death knell? …

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