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Dr. Doriani looks at five types of criticism pastors face and explores some practical, biblical ways to respond to such criticism as we seek to follow our Lord in ministry.
One of the most well-known verses in the Bible is Leviticus 19:18: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” But it’s not simply asking us to be nice to people; it’s asking for something much more challenging.
The Covenant Seminary community (past and present) expresses gratitude for the godly heritage and work of Dr. David B. Calhoun, professor emeritus of church history, over the last 40 years.
We usually think of Leviticus as a book about law, not leadership. But some of these laws reveal God’s expectations for spiritual leaders and have much to say to us today.
This whole process of discipline needs to be surrounded and under-girded by the faithful prayers of the church that the Lord might be pleased to bring his healing quickly to the unrepentant one and to the grieving church.
Why should there be church discipline? A simple and sufficient answer is that the Lord of the church demands it. It is, however, appropriate for us to ask what purposes he has in mind in commanding us.
What is a strong seminary? Books are written on this subject. But for a seminary to be strong, three features, intimately interrelated, stand out: 1. It must be true to the Bible. It needs to interpret Scripture accurately and incorporate…
There is a tendency, even among faithful teachers, to lapse into what we might call Nike Christianity. Despairing over laxity, antinomianism, and a resistance to Scripture’s ethical teachings, we want to shout simple commands divorced from any motivations, “Obey! Pray, worship, witness,…
ˈslan-dər: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another’s reputation (Webster) To slander is to throw acid onto the face of another’s reputation. It mars them in the cruelest ways. In one biblical example, the slanders that…
I regularly teach and preach about work and I must confess: It’s easy to share stories of executives, doctors, and engineers and forget that the most common occupations in America are in retail sales, food preparation, and similar tasks. A…
Luther probably did more than any Protestant to establish the concept of work that healthy Christians embrace today. Like no theologian before him, Luther insisted on the dignity and value of all labor. Luther denounced the separation of sacred and…
Preparation is essential for preaching well, but preparing too much can drain the life out of our sermons. There is another way, as Dr. Dan Doriani suggests here.
