Posted Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
It has been 1 week since the elders went to the Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference in Louisville. There was another sermon that I thought was excellent and surprised me. The speaker was Ligon Duncan who is a Presbyterian preacher from the south and a seminary professor. He ...
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Posted Friday, Apr 13, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
Many of our pastors, elders and members attended a conference in Louisville this past week called Together For the Gospel. It is the fourth such conference and we have had representations from College Park at all of them. God was good and it was a blessing to see the strong support for ...
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Posted Friday, Mar 16, 2012 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
Well, here we are. It’s mid-March and it seems like we have already been experiencing Spring for much of Winter, and Summer could be coming. Temperatures in the 70’s are very delightful. I think Indianapolis is becoming the San Diego of the Midwest (without ...
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Posted Thursday, Feb 02, 2012 Gary Meeks in Category Pastoral Theology
Editor's Note: What pops into your mind when you hear the word "revival"? This word evokes a wide variety of images in people's minds, many of which miss the mark when it comes to understanding revival biblically. During THINK|12 (March 2-4), Collin Hansen will address the topic ...
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Tags: revival, think
Posted Friday, Jan 27, 2012 Jeff Ballard in Category Pastoral Theology
It is not too hard to understand why Paul would give specific instructions to Timothy regarding the necessary qualifications of an elder. As the leaders of the church go, so goes the church. That is, the church body will inevitably reflect its leadership. In order to have a ...
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Posted Friday, Dec 02, 2011 Joe Bartemus in Category Pastoral Theology
I preached a sermon last week on I Timothy 1:18-20 that was very convicting for me. I quoted Paul saying that some “shipwrecked the faith” and some were given over “to Satan to learn not to blaspheme.” I do not want to repreach that sermon—it is available ...
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Posted Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011 Jeff Ballard in Category Pastoral Theology
When the Apostle Paul began his indictment of the whole human race he wrote, “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and ...
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Posted Friday, Oct 28, 2011 Jeff Ballard in Category Pastoral Theology
How ought we to measure the success of a church, or even the success of the Church (universal)? Well, to answer this question we need to first understand what the mission of the Christ’s universal Church is. That is, we can’t even begin to define the criteria for success ...
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Posted Friday, Sep 30, 2011 Derek Joseph in Category Pastoral Theology
Assurance of Salvation - An Ancient Problem
Paul poses a question at the beginning of Romans 6, namely, will Christians go on sinning? He then answers the question with a resounding, "No!" One who is in Christ has a new nature granted by the Holy Spirit, and will bear ...
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Tags: assurance, gospel
Posted Friday, Aug 26, 2011 Jeff Ballard in Category Pastoral Theology
As Joe mentioned last week, we’ve recently been discussing the doctrine of justification here at College Park Church. Why, you might ask? The reason is that there has been vigorous debate even within the evangelical community recently on this crucial biblical teaching. ...
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Tags: justification, forgiveness, luke 7