Darryl Dash's Blog, page 67
August 8, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory
There is nothing in the world like biblical justice!
How to More Wisely Consume News
Christians need more discretion than ever before in our “knowledge diets.”
4 Types of Leaders and Leadership that Thinks Big and Acts Small
May we act small and think big at the same time.
Should Churches in California Defy Government Restrictions? A Response to John MacArthur
Christians can...
August 4, 2020
The Cookbook That Made Me Worship
Interested in cooking lamb for eight persons four times? The Supper of the Lamb will teach you how. It will do more than that: it will teach you how to make different kinds of broth, bread, pastries, and more.
But you’ll get more than that by reading this book. You’ll learn how to keep company with an onion for an hour, if you choose. Even better, you’ll probably end up worshiping God.
A Culinary Reflection
The Supper of the Lamb is a culinary reflection more than anything else....
August 1, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
What Has COVI D -19 Revealed About the North American Church?
How will people look back on this period of church history where 1 in 3 Christians choose not to make time to listen to an online worship service from the comfort of their own sofa?
Covid, Christians, & the Civil Magistrate
Two questions that I’ve seen more than once in recent weeks concern face masks and congregational singing. Should I obey or disobey if the local or state government...
July 28, 2020
The Worst Sunday, The Best Sunday
Almost everything that could have gone wrong went wrong last Sunday.
The Worst Sunday
We hadn’t met in person in 133 days. It was our first Sunday back in person, with most of our people joining us over Zoom. We faced three complications. First: we were meeting in a new location. Second: for the first time in four years, we had to pull up in a vehicle and set up all of our gear. Third, and most significantly, we were doing a hybrid service — not a completely in-person service, not an o...
July 11, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
5 Reasons to Pray Your Church Would Grow Slowly
As you think about your ministry, I’d encourage you to pray for slow growth.
Your Seat in Church Is a Seat in Heaven
If you belong to Christ, your seat in church is not just a seat in church. It’s a seat in heaven.
Pray to See the Church as God Does
Though unafraid to exhort and even rebuke fellow Christians, the apostles labored to see (and to help us see) the church as she is in God’s sigh...
July 7, 2020
Pray for Church Plants
I’ve written about how I worry for pastors during this COVID-19 crisis. The truth is that I’m also worried about a particular kind of pastor: church planters. And I’m concerned for their new churches.
Church planting is a fragile thing. You move in to an area as a missionary and try to evangelize a church into existence. It’s hard and risky. Not everyone survives at the best of times. I’ve heard Ed Stetzer say that a third of churches thrive; a third survive; a third fail.
But we’re no...
July 4, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Five Lessons I Learned From a Covid-19 Spike at Our Church
This has been extremely challenging as a pastor and leader, and I hope I can share my experience with others who might learn from our mistakes dealing with COVID-19. Here are five lessons I learned.
4 Reasons to Wear a Mask, Even if You Hate It
When I look at Scripture I don’t see a mandate about masks, of course, but I see an invitation—to do at least four things.
June 30, 2020
Do We Know Who We Are When COVID-19 Ministry Gets Hard?
Zack Eswine learned that his mentor had committed suicide. Eswine took a sabbatical from the seminary where he taught and spent six months as interim pastor with his departed friend’s family and congregation. He spent his time foraging “together for scraps of grace and truth amid the wreckage.”
Eswine knew that his friend could have chosen to step down from ministry and still have mattered to his friends and family. But stepping down would not have been seen as a sign of humanity, but as ...
June 27, 2020
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Are Social Justice, Critical Theory, and Christianity Compatible?
We’re just now beginning to see the cascading complications that the cascading acceptance of Critical Theory will have on the life and health of the church
…If you’re an elder or a leader or a pastor, you are called to shepherd the flock. That means you need to explicitly repudiate these ideas.
Is the Sabbath Command Still Relevant?
How can I better love God and love my neighbor?
T...
June 23, 2020
Two Conferences God Used in Unexpected Ways
I’m not a huge fan of conferences. I’ve been to so many over thirty years of ministry that I’ve grown a bit weary.
I can think of two conferences, though, that God used in an unexpected way in my life.
2014 TGC Atlantic Canada Conference
The summer of 2014 wasn’t a great one for me. I was invited to speak at the TGC Atlantic Conference. The real draw for me, though, was getting to hear the main speakers: Ray Ortlund, Jr., and Scotty Smith, both men I admired.
I’ll never forget so...
