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David Murray

30 Years Ago Today: How God Called John Piper to Become a Pastor - Justin Taylor - 0 views

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Ministry Call

shared by David Murray on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • David Murray on 14 Oct 09
     
    John Piper's Call to the Ministry
anonymous

Of the eternal purpose of grace. - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • they speak of God after the manner of men, as if he were reduced to some straits and difficulties, by the cross demands of his several attributes.
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      anonymous on 07 Oct 09
       
      The caricature of the Son cajoling an unwilling Father, in all its absurdity is not new!
  • What they owe me I require all at thy hands.
  • The earthy man had all the sons of men born into the world included in him, and is so called, in conformity unto them, the "first man": 12 the second Man, Christ, is called the "Lord from heaven," who had all the elect included in him, who are said to be the "first born," and to have their "names written in heaven," (Heb 12:23), and therefore are appositely called "heavenly men"; so that these two, in God's account, stood for all the rest.
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  • And thus have I endeavoured to show you, how we are to conceive of God's eternal purpose in sending of Jesus Christ to help and deliver fallen mankind.
David Murray

Eternal Perspectives (Randy Alcorn's blog): Counting the Cost of Sexual Immorality - 0 views

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Ministry Immorality

shared by David Murray on 05 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Grieving my Lord; displeasing the One whose opinion most matters.Dragging into the mud Christ's sacred reputation.Loss of reward and commendation from God.Having to one day look Jesus in the face at the judgment seat and give an account of why I did it. Forcing God to discipline me in various ways. Following in the footsteps of men I know of whose immorality forfeited their ministry and caused me to shudder. List of these names: Suffering of innocent people around me who would get hit by my shrapnel (a la Achan).Untold hurt to Nanci, my best friend and loyal wife. Loss of Nanci's respect and trust.Hurt to and loss of credibility with my beloved daughters, Karina and Angela. ("Why listen to a man who betrayed Mom and us?")If my blindness should continue or my family be unable to forgive, I could lose my wife and my children forever.Shame to my family. (The cruel comments of others who would invariably find out.) Shame to my church family.Shame and hurt to my fellow pastors and elders. List of names: Shame and hurt to my friends, and especially those I've led to Christ and discipled. List of names: Guilt awfully hard to shake—even though God would forgive me, would I forgive myself?Plaguing memories and flashbacks that could taint future intimacy with my wife. Disqualifying myself after having preached to others. Surrender of the things I am called to and love to do—teach and preach and write and minister to others. Forfeiting forever certain opportunities to serve God. Years of training and experience in ministry wasted for a long period of time, maybe permanently. Being haunted by my sin as I look in the eyes of others, and having it all dredged up again wherever I go and whatever I do. Undermining the hard work and prayers of others by saying to our community "this is a hypocrite—who can take seriously anything he and his church have said and done?"Laughter, rejoicing and blasphemous smugness by those who disrespect God and the church (2 Samuel 12:14). Bringing great pleasure to Satan, the Enemy of God. Heaping judgment and endless problems on the person I would have committed adultery with. Possible diseases (pain, constant reminder to me and my wife, possible infection of Nanci, or in the case of AIDS, even causing her death, as well as mine.) Possible pregnancy, with its personal and financial implications. Loss of self-respect, discrediting my own name, and invoking shame and lifelong embarrassment upon myself.
  • David Murray on 05 Oct 09
     
    Counting the cost of sexual immorality
David Murray

Lessons from My First Pastorate - 1 views

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Ministry Pastorate

shared by David Murray on 05 Oct 09 - Cached
  • 1. Vigilance in personal spiritual disciplines is absolutely critical to loving and wise leadership.
  • 2. Leadership can only be as effective as relationships are strong.
  • 3. Make changes slowly and smoothly.
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  • 4. Ask many questions before accepting a call.
  • 5. When in doubt, don't.
  • 6. God works all things together for our good.
  • David Murray on 05 Oct 09
     
    Lessons from my first pastorate
Maarten Kuivenhoven

Why I Chose to Preach on Job - Reformation21 - 1 views

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Preaching Difficult Books of the Bible

shared by Maarten Kuivenhoven on 30 Oct 09 - Cached
  • I recall with a sense of responsibility a comment one of those above mentioned mentors and models of ministry made to the effect that as preachers our calling is not only to expound the text to our people but to model how to read and understand the text for our people. One goal of my ministry, God helping me, is to try to equip our little congregation to handle the Bible well for themselves.
  • It was an experience that reinforced a growing conviction that unless pastors visit their people and know them, their ability to pastor them well from the pulpit will be greatly impaired.
  • My second reason for selecting Job was more directly pastoral. In the course of pastoral visitation and counseling I became increasingly aware of the numbers of people in the congregation who were hurting, confused, depressed, wondering where God was in their trials.
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  • And that takes me to another reason for preaching on Job and that is its polemic and apologetic value. We minister in a context where Christians are bombarded with books and resources offering them their best life now. It can therefore be a deeply disillusioning experience to discover that the program for health and wealth and happiness we have bought into was void of real resources to deliver on its promises.
  • And finally we turned to the book of Job because, when read in canonical context, it is impossible not to find lines of connection with the central story of scripture focused on Jesus Christ. In short, Job is a gospel book.
  • If there was a single lesson preaching Job has reinforced for me it would be that pastoral care informs the pulpit, and when it does the pulpit in turn accomplishes effective pastoral care.
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