Our reading for this Thanksgiving Day service is a Psalm that is entitled in the King James, “A Psalm of praise.” But the Hebrew word for Praise here,
The Ground of Your Call: A Message to Pastoral Students
Dearest Students in the Gospel Ministry, What is the ground of your call as a minister? I want to write to you about ways of approaching your
What is a Seminary President?
One retired, well-respected seminary president once told me, soon after I was called to be president of RTS Charlotte, “Mike, here are my two words to
Reaching Up! A Sermon for the New Year
It is interesting to look back. Here is my sermon from last year for the New Year. It has some chronologically specific items in it. Yet I trust that
The Richness of Biblical Liturgy and A Humble Appeal for Living Worship
On Sunday, August 22 the following messaage was presented as part of the Christian Heritage Conference at Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, NC