Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring outstanding excerpts from student papers at the BibleMesh Institute, which offers affordable online training for local churches, schools, and ministries. The author’s name has been withheld for privacy and security purposes. She is preparing to serve as a missionary overseas. In this passage John warns …
John Chrysostom was arguably the greatest preacher among the Post-Nicene Church Fathers. His tireless reforms in church worship (liturgy) and his focus on areas of social need won him the praise of the common people and the ire of many elites in his day. In this passage, Chrysostom explained the burden of being a pastor …
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In the midst of the global COVID-19 crisis, there are many features of our modern life that we take for granted. Toilet paper, meat, hand sanitizer—and hospitals. Although adequate medical care is still tragically absent in many countries throughout the world, a huge percentage of the world’s population can simply go to a hospital when …
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring outstanding excerpts from student papers at the BibleMesh Institute, which offers affordable online training for local churches, schools, and ministries. The author’s name has been withheld for privacy and security purposes. She is preparing to serve as a missionary overseas. “Who is Jesus?” This question …
As dawn broke over the residence of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, her illness seemed fatal. Her personal chaplain, George Whitefield, who had preached in all of her houses to most of her noble friends, now moved purposefully towards the window. Opening it, he heard the voices of thousands of admirers as they prayerfully sang a petitionary …
In my early years at my church, I’d sometimes ask longtime members about the pastors who preceded me. I wasn’t tempting them to gossip, but I was hoping to learn something about the church. I often discovered what they value in a pastor. Over time I noticed a pattern. Whomever I asked about the first …