Phil Newton’s book is not long but it is definitely helpful those thinking about making the change from congregational governance to elder governance. Even though the book is written from a Baptist perspective, it really is insightful for anyone thinking about this issue. He spends the first two parts of the book addressing eldership in [...]
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among [...]
It’s humbling to read John Owen’s The Glory of Christ. First, I couldn’t imagine having John Owen as a pastor. His wisdom and breadth of understanding the Bible is literally otherworldly. His understanding of life and death are almost incomparable. Furthermore, his view on the glory of Christ truly is incomparable. He writes: The beholding [...]
