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The Long-Term Advantage of Pastors Training Pastors
One of the most important aspects of The Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary is our pastor-professor model of instruction. Our faculty, all serving pastors in local churches with an average of over twenty years of pastoral experience, bring a wealth of real-life wisdom, insight, and experience to the classroom. This, combined with their excellent theological…
The Biblical Metrics of a Successful Ministry
Nearly four decades ago, Kent Hughes and his wife penned a book entitled Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome. Early his ministry, Hughes faced challenges that threatened to derail him from his pastoral calling. As his troubles were reaching their apex, Ken’s wife, Barbara, offered him words of encouragement that were rooted in God’s faithfulness. This…
Brothers, Read ‘The Christian Ministry’ by Charles Bridges
Our Chief Shepherd gives his servants fellow under-shepherds to come alongside and provide much-needed encouragement and instruction in the pastoral ministry.
Scripture is a Practical Theology: A Vision for Theological Education
Whenever I teach a class on systematic theology—Bibliology, Soteriology, Pneumatology—I begin with an hour-long lecture on theological method. I want our students to see that doing theology isn’t simply a matter of collecting relevant Bible texts and expositing each passage in its original context. That step is essential and foundational, but for our theological formulations…
Pride and the Pastor-Theologian
Scripture warns us repeatedly that the pursuit of man's praise disables us from rightly understanding and interpreting Scripture.
Charles Spurgeon: Pastor-Professor
If you’re a gospel preacher, you’ve heard of Charles Spurgeon. His ministry was unparalleled during his life, and his ongoing influence through his books and written sermons is amazing by any standard. His unique ability to illustrate biblical truth and portray the love of Jesus Christ to sinners has captured readers—fellow preachers and laymen—for generations.…
Brothers, Kill Distractions
Many are telling us today that we must limit the distractions in our lives in order to be more productive. While the temptation to be diverted from our work existed prior to the twenty-first century, our contemporary setting—with the development of personal technology and ease-of-access to the internet—poses a unique challenge to our ability to…
The Privilege of Training Pastors
In this installment of The Pastor-Professor, I am not going to focus on syllabus construction, educational philosophy, or classroom management. I want to step back and consider the grand privilege and strategic opportunity of training pastors. If we’ve learned anything this past year, it’s that time is short. From Covid-19 deaths, to the sudden departure of famous…
Keep Reading
If you’ve been teaching your particular class or set of classes for several years, you may already have a substantial amount of lecture material prepared for each quarter. If you are just starting in your work as a college or seminary professor and still in the early years of course development, you may find that your material…
Crafting Your Learning Objectives
We’ve all heard the old adage, “Aim at nothing and you’ll hit it every time.” This statement may sound a little cliché by now, but it actually contains some time-worn wisdom. Without clear, well-stated goals, we can never really measure if we’ve accomplished anything. In the classroom, it’s not enough to disseminate information for eleven…