by Pastor Curt on September 26, 2011
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church, listening, pastoring, prayer, preaching
Nancy Leigh DeMoss has written a helpful blog post for those who regularly submit themselves to the means of grace that is the preached word. I particularly appreciated this pre-service exhortation at the top of her list: Pray for your pastor as he prepares for Sunday. Pray that his schedule would be free from unnecessary [...]
by Pastor Curt on May 26, 2011
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gospel, legalism, liberalism, preaching, reformation, the solas
I nearly drove off the road with excitement the other night as I headed home from the office and saw the steel begin to go up on the property. We really might get to do this building! The closer we get the more decisions we need to make. Recently someone from the interior design team [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 9, 2011
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grace, John Bunyan, license, preaching, prison, sanctification
As I prepare today for another Lord’s Day and the challenging preaching assignment God has given me from John 12:20-26, particularly vv. 25-26, I find myself decidedly grateful for the grace of Christ and His gospel. That and that alone enables anyone to hate his life in this world that he might keep it in [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 18, 2010
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Matt Chandler, nicknames, preaching
My niece and her family attended OGC this AM. Sweet. They’re looking for a budget place to rent in central Florida. If you have a lead, please let me know. Elise informed me that she dubbed me with a nickname. Something to do with warrior cats or some such that she is into. Never heard [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 10, 2010
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conversion, gospel, preaching
Tomorrow, Lord willing, we step back into John’s gospel and the 6th sign, the healing of the man blind from birth in John 9:1-12. You can listen to part one here. The title of the message is The Day the Light of the World Made Blind Eyes See (Part 2). In many ways as we [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 6, 2010
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preaching, worship
With another Lord’s Day on the horizon, I offer this quote by J. C. Ryle passed on to me by one of our deacons as a way for all of us to prepare for our encounter with God through the preaching of His word. Let us beware of despising preaching. In every age of the [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 23, 2010
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authority of Scripture, Gospel of John, preaching
Tomorrow, Lord willing, we will return to our study of John’s gospel. I will tackle the disputed text in John 7:53-8:11, the woman caught in adultery (pictured along side). Though a questionable text for reasons I will explain, I do believe it should be preached for reasons I hope also to explain. And nonetheless, it [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 30, 2009
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pastoring, preaching, teaching
Apparently I need to do better at ducking snowballs. We woke up to the white stuff this morning. Before Bible study we slipped outside for some fun and frolic. One of the sheep got a little frisky and pelted me in the noggin. Good thing I had my hat on. But I’m not referring to [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 19, 2009
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listening, preaching, worship
The Bible has a lot to say about how preachers are to preach (2 Tim. 3:16-4:4). It also has some things to say to those who listen. In Luke 18:8 Jesus bids His hearers to take care then how you hear. Tim Challies has grappled with how to take care in listening to preaching in a [...]
