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A Pastor’s Reflections: Demon Possession and Mental Illness

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Is there a relationship between mental illness and demon possession? In addressing this question, the article notes that in Scripture, not all epileptics were demon-possessed and not all demon-possessed people were epileptics. This distinction has important pastoral implications, which the author goes on to establish by way of questions a pastor needs to consider: Are there any indicators revealing that the person dabbles in the occult?

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Manuscript, Notes, or No Notes?

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What preaching method works best, preaching from a manuscript, notes, or no notes?

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Did I Explain the Text?

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How do you go about sermon evaluation? Whether you are evaluating the sermon of others or your own, an important question is, was the text explained?

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Did I Preach Christ?

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Whether you are doing sermon evaluation on your own or another's, you must always ask, was Christ preached? Preaching Christ is essential for every sermon.

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Did I Apply the Text?

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How do you go about sermon evaluation? Whether you are evaluating the sermon of others or your own, an important question is, was there application?

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Getting Benched

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What should you do if you face deposition or you come to the end of pastoral ministry? Does it mean you have lost your calling? This article indicates that you need to have wisdom and remember your responsibilities towards your family.

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Hanging Up Your Cleats

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What should you do if you face deposition, or your pastoral ministry comes to an end? Does it mean you have lost your calling? There are three things to bear in mind when you cannot serve as a pastor anymore.

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Cruciform Ministry and Sacrifice

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If sacrifice is a way of life for the Christian, then it means pastoral ministry is a sacrificial ministry. This article explains what such a ministry looks like.

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Kingdom and Kingdoms

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

Christ is king of the church, but is also king of the world. Christ rules over these two kingdoms differently. This article shows the implications of this different rule for the Christian.

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Romans 11:36 - Predestination and the Glory of God

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

This article looks at Romans 11:36, discussing how the doctrine of predestination should lead us to glorify God since it reveals His perfect mercy.

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Calvin: Why He Still Matters

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

John Calvin still matters today, because Calvin demonstrated how valuing God's truth is crucial to shaping true theology, church, education, and politics.

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Cracking the Book of Revelation

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  • Dennis E. Johnson

They key to understanding the book of Revelation is in understanding its use of paradox and recapitulation. The author demonstrates this by looking at the meaning of the millennium and Armageddon.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Sacraments

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

What are sacraments? This article shows that sacraments are visible signs and seals of God’s invisible grace promised to his people in the gospel. Both baptism and Lord's Supper point us to the work of Christ.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: The Law and the Gospel

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

Is a Christian still required to keep the law? This article shows that the relationship between the law and the gospel is found in both the Old and New Testament - in the law God makes His demands, and in the gospel He provides what He demands.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: Sanctification

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

This article shows that sanctification flows from a proper understanding of justification. It is due to our status in Christ that the fight against sin is possible.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: Marks and Mission of Christ’s Church

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

Is there a true church? This article shows that a true church is marked by the pure preaching of of the gospel, the administration of sacraments, and church discipline.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: Justification

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

This article shows that the doctrine of justification rests on Christ's righteousness imputed to us.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: Election

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

Does the Bible teach election? This article shows that the doctrine of election makes sense if we rightly understand human nature and God's sovereignty.

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Basics of the Reformed Faith: Baptism

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  • Kim Riddlebarger

Baptism is rooted in God's promise in the covenant. This article shows the relationship between circumcision and baptism, the relationship between the symbol and the reality of the thing signified, and the relationship between faith and baptism.

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