Monday Musings

“mission is the mother of theology.” -Martin Kahler missiology.org

Links for Monday

1. Internet Monk likes Matt Chandler and Eugene Peterson. He also apparently loves pastoring and has some insight on contemporary

“Modern and postmodern culture revolves around a this-world orientation; the only long-term ‘future’ our culture hopes for is retirement. This

“We must affirm with Martin Luther that the preaching of the Word is the first essential mark of the church.

“People who don’t like Christians are all around us. Only a strange providence keeps our churches from being bombed. It

“Happy [is] the Christian who sees in every sin a monster that could easily snare him eternally, were it not

“Do not forget the culture of the inner man–I mean of the heart. How diligently the calvary officer keeps his

“It is generally true that until we see what the teaching of the gospel looks like in someone’s life we

“Not all ministry in the church is verbal; not all ministry is prominent. But all Christians are called upon to

“Seminaries and theological colleges can do some things extremely well, but they must not be seen as pastors’ finishing schools.

Because this is the official month of the Protestant Reformation, today we are posting the Battle Hymn of the Reformation

“Yet, in our current state of rebellion against God, I know of no other single idea that is more offensive