The Christian Ministry: A Book Review by Caleb Fritz. Charles Bridges’ purpose in writing The Christian Ministry is presented in the preface in which he discloses that his reason for presenting this work is due to the “interesting subject of Ministerial inefficiency.” Confronted by various issues and difficulties of many pastors in his day, Bridges...
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Book Review by Ben Wright John Piper’s Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, does a fantastic job of outlining how the ministry should be pursued by having authentic joy and faith in wanting to glorify God in all that we do. Piper writes this book on such a personal...
On Being a Pastor: A Book Review by Nathan Shaver There are a wealth of resources devoted to philosophy, theology, and the psychology of Pastoral Ministry. On Being a Pastor offers a biblically sound and field-tested guide for the work of shepherding. Derek Prime and Alistair Begg set out to give the reader a...
Over the next few weeks, there will be guest posts by each of our four LifePoint interns. They were each assigned a book on Pastoral Ministry to read and review. Dangerous Calling: A Book Review by Wes Litton Thoroughly heartbroken, Paul Trip takes us step by step through the unique, devastating challenges and mistakes that...
LifePoint, last week you were introduced to Caleb Fritz. I would like you to get to know another 2014 intern, Nathan Shaver. Nathan began attending LifePoint Church in December of 2013. He is a Kansan who was raised in the small rural community of Columbus. At the age of nine he responded to God’s...
Let me introduce you to Caleb Fritz, one of our 2014 interns. Caleb Fritz has been with LifePoint for three years. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the greater area of Seattle, Washington. Feeling God’s call to pastoral ministry, he moved to the Ozarks region to study Biblical Studies at Evangel University....