In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I take some time to think out loud about how to deal with the egregious failings of ministry leaders. How can you make sense of their platform life and their personal life? What hope is there for them in the midst of their failure? And what grace is there for those feeling the repercussions of their fall? This is my attempt to articulate some of those thoughts. Soli Deo Gloria.

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Notes:

Stonington Baptist Church sermons



“A Bag Full of Maggots,” Mike Pohlman



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I reflect on the gospel of God’s comfort and the specific reason why it’s so comforting — namely, because we have a Substitute. I also talk about why Jesus is the true and better hero and why a religion of scorekeeping can never last. Soli Deo Gloria! Amen.

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Notes:

Stonington Baptist Church sermons



“The Bible Warned Us About This,” David McLemore



“Stop Keeping Score,” Arthur C. Brooks



God—Our Contemporary, John Henry Jowett



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I think through several different instances and examples which given evidence for the necessity of God’s truth — specifically, the solid rock truth of Christ made sin for us. Such is the only message the world needs to hear. And good thing, too, it’s the only message the church has.

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Notes:

Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture, David Murray



Lectures on the Law and the Gospel, Stephen Tyng



“Preaching that Gives Certainty,” Bob Hiller



“A Bright Light in a World of Gray,” Sam Bush



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I think through what it means that Jesus is our “great high priest” and why his is a ministry of mercy for the desperate. I also share some thoughts on the unfolding narrative of the Bible and why Christians everywhere ought to be gorging on the Scriptures. May you be blessed by these thoughts. Grace and peace!

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Notes:

“You Are Fullness,” Young Oceans



The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses, Chris Bruno



They Spoke of Me: How Jesus Unlocks the Old Testament, Brandon D. Smith and Everett Berry



The Epistles General of I and II Peter and I John, Alexander Maclaren



Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I reflect on the God who wrestles with us out of the story of Genesis 32; I share the reason why the church can be “calm, cool, and collected” even when the “end of all things is at hand”; and why brotherly love means much more than you think it does. Soli Deo Gloria.

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Notes:

“Hang in There, Pastors! You Are Needed Now More Than Ever!,” Bob Russell



Night Driving: Notes from a Prodigal Soul, Chad Bird



Gleanings in Genesis, Arthur W. Pink



Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense, Paul Tripp



Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture, David Murray



The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained, Martin Luther



Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I chat about why church is so essential and the One who make it so. Plus I share some thoughts on the New Year, the importance of childlike Bible reading, and the resonance of Pixar’s new feature film, ‘Soul’.

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Notes:

“The pain of the past year, the hope of the New Year, and God’s boundless goodness,” article by yours truly



“One word for 2020,” Peter Heck



“Pixar’s Soul and the Joy of Incarnation,” Josh Larsen



Cinema Siblings Podcast, talking movies with my sister, Bethany



“The Bible Reading Plan I Recommend for 2021,” Tim Challies



Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End, David Gibson



Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense, Paul Tripp



Fools for Christ: Essays on the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, Jaroslav Pelikan



The Saint and his Saviour: The Progress of the Soul the Knowledge of Jesus, Charles Spurgeon



Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I reflect on this past Sunday’s sermons and the ramifications of a God who sits with us when life is going to pieces. Plus, I share an article which leans into “the gospel of Tenet.” Blessings!

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Notes:

Studies on Book One of the Psalms, H. A. Ironside



Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense, Paul Tripp



“Hope rises from the rubble of my church,” Giles Fraser



“Envying the ‘Other Me’,” Larry Parsley



Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I wish you a very Merry Christmas by sharing some thoughts on the “reason for the season” along with a reflection on my favorite Christmas movie.
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Notes:
“Don’t Isolate Yourself This Holiday Season,” Arthur Brooks

“The God Who Makes George Bailey’s Life So Wonderful,” Sam Bush

“Home for the holidays,” article by yours truly

II Timothy, Titus, Philemon & Hebrews, Alexander Maclaren

Stonington Baptist Church sermons

Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2

Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I talk through my sermons from this past Sunday and reflect on the grandest miracle of all: the necessity of the Incarnation, of Jesus’s taking on human flesh.

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Notes:

Lectures on the Law and the Gospel, Stephen Tyng



“Incarnation: The Central Miracle of the Christian Faith,” John Clark and Marcus Johnson



“Incarnation and the Gospel,” John Clark and Marcus Johnson



The Incarnation of God: The Mystery of the Gospel as the Foundation of Evangelical Theology, John Clark and Marcus Johnson



Stonington Baptist Church sermons



Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2



Grace: So Much More Than You Know and So Much Better Than You Think, Brad J. Gray

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In this edition of the Ministry Minded Podcast, I share a brief personal update announcing my upcoming break from seminary studies, along with some “Christmas-y” reflections regarding the God who willingly steps into our catastrophic world of sin in order to redeem it.

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