31/3/T

Like loads of pastors at the moment, I’m online every Sunday (10.30am and 6.30pm from my shed) HERE.

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Church Service Planner will be for some churches an excellent tool for creating interactive online services.

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Pray Big by Alistair Begg is The Good Book Company’s free ebook this month.

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There’s a new edition of the 9Marks Journal out – What’s wrong with Gospel-Centered Preaching today?

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Jeremy Walker: “The church of Christ will need to fight hard to retain its theology of gathering through this strange experience of being scattered.”

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Brian Croft: “Pastors, regardless what circumstances you find yourself, all of us can pray for our flock. Pray, then contact them. Or call them and pray with them over the phone. Either way, pray for your flock.”

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Daniel Johnson: “A good metric for worship songs is “can my church sing this from their homes?” I hope one of the things that comes from this time is that worship songs start being written from the ground up again, designed for ordinary people to sing, rather than from the top down.”

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NIV Audio Bible app with Poirot is FREE on both Apple and Android devices until next Monday April 6th!

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!0ofthose.com are putting online a free kids activity page every weekday.

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John Piper: “Watching Pornography during the Coronavirus is like a person sentenced to house arrest because of arson setting his own house on fire.?”

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John Stevens: “As most churches live-stream I wonder how many members will be tempted to join another church’s service today? Can I urge you to support your own church, show solidarity with your community & honour effort it is making. If your church isn’t live-streaming join with others.”

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Rory Shiner: “Most of the NT exists because pastors decided to use a less-than-ideal medium to pastor. “I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” Online. We can do this.”

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Sacrifice at the Cinema – a great new video from Speak Life.

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Greg Gilbert: “Five offerings in Leviticus 1–5: Ch. 1 – Burnt • Reconciled to our Maker Ch. 2 – Grain • Committed to our King Ch. 3 – Peace • At peace with our God Ch. 4 – Sin • Purified from our evil Ch. 5 – Guilt • Released from our debt.”

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David Gibson: “Plagues and pandemics naturally lead to panic and preservation (food) Plagues and pandemics should lead to prayer and penitence (fasting).”

22/3/S

Ligonier Ministries is streaming all their teaching series for free until at least the end of June.

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Crossway have made available some excellent books for free: Prayer by John Onwuchekwa; Big Picture Bible Crafts by Gail Schoonmaker; A Shelter in the Time of Storm by Paul Tripp (pdf; kindle); The Final Days of Jesus by Andreas J. Köstenberger & Justin Taylor.

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Andy Prime: “Pastor, your task amid #COVID2019 remains the same: ‘We will devote ourselves to prayer & to the ministry of the word.’ For our word ministry the ‘how’ may change but the ‘what’ does not. For our prayer ministry maybe what needs to change is our devotion to it.”

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You want to check out David Murray’s daily messages on Living Faith in Testing Times where he is working his way through the book of James.

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Matt Merker: “”Let all the people say, ‘Amen!'” (Ps 106:48) Why is it so common for ONLY the pastor to say “amen” after his prayer? An easy way to put the “corporate” in corporate prayer is to encourage your church to offer a hearty “amen” after a prayer if they agree with it!”

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Check out the talks from the recent Shepherds’ Conference: Doctrinal Clarity for a Confused Generation.

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Scott Sauls: “The pastor’s call: (1) Preach the gospel faithfully, (2) Love the people God entrusts to you, (3) Cultivate private character that matches or exceeds public persona, (4) amplify Christ, not himself, (5) die and be forgotten.”

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David Shaw gave an excellent evangelistic talk on suffering use the Lord’s Prayer as a Christian framework.  Have a listen HERE.

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Lots of great resources to help you pray in light of Covid-19 from Richard Coekin, Jeremy Walker, Kristi Mair, and Jonathan Black.

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A vital resource for churches at this time: Digital Tools for Church during the Coronavirus.

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Dustin Benge: “Sadly, the Sunday evening worship and Wednesday evening Bible study and prayer have disappeared in many churches. 2 hours on Sunday morning, out of 168 hours in a week, is not enough for the corporate gathering of the saints.”

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Download Sermon Notes for Kids sheets.

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Isaac Adams: “5 American idols: – Comfort, despite our call to carry our cross – Safety, despite God’s assuring us we’ll have trouble – Autonomy, despite our service of a King – Consumerism, despite God’s plentiful provision – Productivity, despite God’s promise that He will be exalted.”

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The Payneful Truth is a weekly text and audio journal from Tony Payne.

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Jared WIlson: “The drop out rate continues to hover around 70% despite now two generations of attractional youth ministry dominating the evangelical landscape and even the creep of juvenilization into the corporate gathering. Maybe there’s a better way?”

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There’s a new issue of Credo Magazine out on the topic of The Truth Inside the Lie: Theology through Fiction.

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Matt Smethurst: “Seven reasons to study church history: 1. It instructs. 2. It exhilarates. 3. It gives perspective. 4. It illuminates. 5. It inspires. 6. It humbles and convicts. 7. It fires worship.”

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All the Church Society books on Kindle have got big discounts on them at the moment.