Here are my notes on Jason Meyer’s talk entitled “Pastoral Transition after a 32 year ministry.” Beware of copying strategy. Strategy and supernatural are not opposed to each other. We can use chariots and horses but we must not trust in them. Paul came in weakness fear and trembling which would not get him good marks in a preaching class! Gods thoughts are not our thoughts. We must trust him with all our hearts. When asked by Piper if he... Read more
Here are my notes from tonight’s talk at the DGM pastors conference. You don’t need to be extraordinary to be in ministry just called. Can a man be a success in the ministry and pastor a small church? What is failure in the ministry? What is success in the ministry? Secular thinking puts a number on everything. 1. No place in the Bible where God’s servants are called to be successful but rather faithful. You can be hugely successful in... Read more
Here are a few notes from the pre conference session which just ended entitled “The disciple making pastor” by Mark Dever Matt 28 & 1 Peter 5 Jesus is The Senior Pastor Like Jesus a good pastor lays down his life for his sheep. How should pastors do this? 1. Preach Making disciples doesn’t only happen one to one. Many churches are orthodox on paper and dead in practice. We must give ourselves to preaching and not programs. The heart... Read more
A few weeks ago, Steve McCaskell approached me with an interesting idea to crowd source funding for a full-length high-quality documentary on the life of Spurgeon. He had already raised almost $9,000 on his first crowd-source funding to support the publication of a book of Spurgeon quotes, Through the Eyes of Spurgeon. Crowd sourced funding is simply a way to take the financial risk out of big projects like manufacturing a new product, or in this case producing a film... Read more
I’m here at the Desiring God conference . As we landed my flight attendant said “welcome to Minneapolis where the time is 7:30 and the weather is very cold!” The weather may be cold but the fellowship and the teaching will be warm I am sure! Fortunately thanks to modern technology you can join in too! I will be sharing a few brief notes of my impressions of at least some of the sessions. But better than that, you can... Read more
Yesterday I preached a remixed version of a sermon i have preached before on Barnabas. I found myself getting all Pentecostal! So if you want the orderly version and a set of notes for this talk, read the old version. If on the other hand, you want to hear what happened when I found myself preaching in The Perfecting Church, a growing, lively church in New Jersey you can listen to the new version here. Here are a couple of... Read more
You would think I hear Tope preaching enough, but here I am sitting in my host’s house here in New Jersey watching some of this video from this morning’s service in Jubilee Church St Louis where Tope was preaching. It’s well worth watching, he preaches on how to receive God’s blessing. God loves you and wants to, and is eager to bless you! Tope’s main points were: Being blessed starts with obedience It is advanced by faith It involves sacrifice... Read more
I am very excited about my trip to the USA this week. God has been knitting my heart to a fantastic pastor of a thriving church in New Jersey, Kevin Brown and his wonderful family. I can smell the anointing that is on these folk and I’m thrilled to join them and Perfecting Church for the weekend and preach their. While I am preaching there, my pastor Tope Koleoso will be preaching at Jubilee Church, St Louis. I have spent... Read more
I thought I would share the following which constitute the final words of the final sermon Spurgeon ever preached. There are many other sermons that were published later than this in the published volumes, as they kept publishing them after his death. These are fitting words to close such a remarkable ministry: Was he not a good Lord when he first took us into his army of salvation? What a curious crew they were that enlisted under David! “Every one... Read more
121 years ago today Spurgeon died. 100,000 people lined his funeral route to mourn the passing of one of the Victorian era’s most significant public figures. You could do a lot worse than signing up for a new email devotional that begins tomorrow which is a lightly edited version of one of his devotional books. It seems highly unlikely that Spurgeon will ever be surpassed either in his influence as a preacher, or in his unrivalled status as the most... Read more
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