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New and Noteworthy Books: October 2023

Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry (Crossway, 2012) by Paul David Tripp If I could assign every young pastor and every local church member to read one book on ministry with the promise they’d work through... Continue Reading »

Two Bible Texts to Strengthen a Pastor on Monday

Church ministry — whether you’re serving as a preaching pastor, an elder, a missionary, or otherwise — is a lot like baseball. It’s an exercise in managing failure. Here’s what I mean: Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter in... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Churches, It is Good for You to Love Your Pastors Well

Until I became a pastor about 16 years ago, I had no idea that faithful pastors should receive hazardous duty pay. I was blessed to grow up in the home of a Southern Baptist family deeply devoted to church... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books: September 2023

Teaching Truth and Training Hearts: The Study of Catechisms in Baptist Life (Founders Press) by Thomas J. Nettles Catechisms are a first cousin to confessions of faith and have served as a useful tool in training the hearts and... Continue Reading »

How Narrow Should the Confession Be?

I did a double-take when I read the sign in front of a small white church beside a two-lane blacktop that snaked through the hills of western North Carolina. I stopped and backed up my SUV to get a... Continue Reading »

6 Ways Confessions of Faith Promote Church Health

Particular Baptist churches planted in the tumultuous soil of 17th century England grew up and bore fruit under a nasty set of doctrinal and methodological accusations, including that they subscribed to libertarian free will, denied original sin, that their... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Courier Theme Issue No. 1 — Confessions

Welcome to the first in what we hope will be a long and helpful line of themed editions of The Baptist Courier’s monthly magazine. The Courier will continue to report the news and tell the stories of Palmetto State... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books: August 2023

Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation (Zondervan) by Collin Hansen Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But which people and what events shaped his own thinking and spiritual growth? Collin Hansen interviewed dozens... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: God Uses Ordinary Means to Accomplish Extraordinary Things

Cal Ripken Jr. became an extraordinary baseball player by doing an ordinary thing: He showed up for work. He did it again and again and again, a record 2,632 consecutive times. The Hall of Fame third baseman first appeared... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Sundays Should Center on Sermons

For many years I wondered why Paul called preaching “foolishness” in 1 Corinthians 1:21. Preaching is the glorious means by which the Spirit saves and sanctifies sinners, the method by which the Lord builds His church. So how could... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books: July 2023

Male and Female He Created Them: A Study on Gender, Sexuality, & Marriage (Christian Focus, 2023) by Denny Burk, Colin Smothers, and David Closson It’s almost unfathomable that saying there are only two genders is a controversial statement, but... Continue Reading »

Introducing: New and Noteworthy Books

God has given us a book to tell us where we came from, why the world often seems upside down, who He is, how we may have a relationship with Him through His Son, whose work will one day... Continue Reading »