In this episode we discuss...

• a Biblical theology of rural ministry.
  • Found in the creation mandate in Genesis 1:26-28
  • Implication: God owns this whole thing and intends to have his image and his dominion spread into every nook and cranny of the planet! 

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need a sleek new mug to enjoy your favorite hot drink? Consider grabbing a CUSTOM mug from our friend and past guest, Kyle Horton at Reformed Pottery.

Our Quote of the Day:

• "Sincere endeavors to do God's service is our whole work, but the success of these endeavors is God's work."  - Stephen Marshall

In this episode we discuss...

• how to be prepared for anything with our good friend David!

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Interested in survival tools for everyday use? Check out David's Tiny Survival line!
• Use code RPT50 on the bundle of Tiny Survival Guide and Tiny First Aid God for 50% off!

Our Quote of the Day:

• "There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!" -  Abraham Kuyper
• "When indeed it is in God we live, and move, and have our being. We cannot draw a breath without his help."  - Jonathan Edwards

In this episode we discuss...

• going bi-vocational to better serve the rural church.

Purchase your own mug at reformedpottery.com.

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need new beard oil? Check out Kyle's at Reformer's Beard Co.

Our Quote of the Day:

• "Your heart is not the compass that Christ saileth by."  -  Samuel Rutherford

In this episode we discuss...

• pastoral internships with Zeke, Trevor, and Joshua!
  • Why do a pastoral internship?
    • Purpose: To help young men discern if they are called to pastoral ministry in the future.
    • To grow in Character, Conviction, and Competency.
  • Why host a pastoral internship?
  • Is Seminary a bad thing?
  • How might this experience change how you love the church after you’re done here?
• Reach Joshua:
  • [email protected]

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Concerned about your backpack getting wet? Consider getting a backpack cover!

Our Quote of the Day:

• We take men who are in the church out of the church in order to send them back into the church to do ministry for the church. Is anybody else confused?  - Dave Harvey, "Am I Called?"

CONTACT

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Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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In this episode we discuss...

• why a megachurch might not be the best goal for you with special return guest Denny Dillman.
  • Why would you let go of serving in a mega church to go full time in rural ministry?
  • What benefit does the rural church you serve now have over the bigger church you used to?
  • With concerns in our culture and world, how can rural pastors serve more faithfully?
• Reach Denny:
  • [email protected]

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need to spruce up your cutting board? Consider using Howard's Mineral Oil and Wax.

Our Quote of the Day:

• [Death] is not only an enemy, but a reconciled friend; for he doth that which no friend in the world can do. It ends all our misery, and is the inlet into all happiness for eternity. And whatsoever it strips us of here, it giveth us advantage of better in another world. It cuts off our pleasures, and profits, and company, and callings here; but what is that to our blessed change afterward, to our praying of God forever, to the company of blessed souls, and the profits, and pleasures at the right hand of God for evermore? And therefore it is not only conquered, but to shew the excellency of [Jesus’] power, he hath made it a friend of an enemy, and the best friend in the world.  - Richard Sibbes, "The Glorious Feast of the Gospel"

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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Twitter: @ruralpastors

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In this episode we discuss...

• awareness regarding the value of rural churches in broader culture with special guest Dr. Glenn Daman, author of The Forgotten Church. He'll answer questions like:
  • Why do you care so much about churches most people overlook?
  • In your book, the church in forgotten places, you make an argument for the value of the rural church and you go so far as to say that the urban church cannot ignore the plight of rural America. Are you suggesting that the health of some small church in the middle of nowhere USA somehow impacts churches like Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC or Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington DC?
  • What are some ways rural churches and urban churches can work together?  Why should they?
  • How has the importance of the rural church changed since COVID?
• Reach Dr. Daman at:
  • ruralministry.net
  • [email protected]

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need an affordable and stylish way to redo an old wall? Consider using faux shiplap!

Our Quote of the Day:

• Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.  - A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God"

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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Twitter: @ruralpastors

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In this episode we discuss...

• the tone of the rural pastor in ministry.
  • There are moments where the pastor should be gentle, and stern in their tone.
    • When?
    • The heart behind the pastor's tone MATTERS!
  • Proverbs 15:1–2
  • Proverbs 15:4
  • Galatians 6:1
  • 2 Corinthians 10:1–2
  • Matthew 21:12–13

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need tools that don't break the budget? Consider using Craftsman!

Our Quote of the Day:

• There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.  - Francis Schaeffer

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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Twitter: @ruralpastors

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In this episode we discuss...

•  whether or not we should display Bible verses on the screen?
  • Is it more beneficial to display the Bible, or have a physical or digital copy in people's hand?
  • Practicality of having physical Bibles:
    • Give them away!
    • Teach people how to practically use their Bibles (like where the table of contents are, or why there are big chapter numbers and small verse numbers)

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Looking for a new band to listen to? Trevor reviews Psallos.

Our Quote of the Day:

• Pray to God to give you the same Spirit who wrote the Word, to enable you to delight in it.  - Edmund Calamy

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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In this episode we discuss...

• rural churches and the cross with Brad Gray.
  • You left sunny Florida  for a church in a very rural part of Pennsylvania. What, Sir, were you thinking?
  • What is a theology of the cross? 
  • This is often talked about in comparison to a theology of glory.  What is the difference?
  • How does a theology of the cross impact rural ministry?  What are some practical implications?
  • What does it look like for a rural shepherd to teach and lead with a theology of the cross?
  • Find Brad here: https://www.graceupongrace.net/?fbclid=IwAR3WdTQgJQKVFTHtFQ0kq6x_iWiibCfDgbE__GUYox70wU4LtZb5tSTGOaA
  • Gerhard O. Forde's On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need a bag or an old website to find one? Joe reviews the Condor Sector Sling Bag, and Brad reviews archive.org.

Our Quote of the Day:

• There was no counsel, no help, no comfort for us until this only and eternal Son of God, in his unfathomable goodness, had mercy on our misery and wretchedness and came from heaven to help us… Jesus Christ, the Lord of life and righteousness and every good and blessing. He has snatched us, poor lost creatures, from the jaws of hell, won us, made us free, and restored us to the Father’s favor and grace …he who has brought us back from the devil to God, from death to life, from sin to righteousness, and now keeps us safe there.  - Martin Luther, Large Catechism (1529)

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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In this episode we discuss...

•  ways rural pastors and the church can support families in the education of their children.
  • We must educate children:
    • Deuteronomy 11:18
    • Proverbs 22:6
    • 2 Timothy 3:14-15
  • But what about the rest of the education? Do we need to teach them 5x5 and how many electrons nitrogen has?
    • We take time to discuss through options around homeschool, classical school, private school, and public school
    • Then, we give tips for parents weighing these options

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need a new pair of hiking sneakers? TJ reviews the shoe for you!

Our Quote of the Day:

• The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth.  It is the one business for which the earth exists.  To it all politics, all war, all literature, all money making ought to be subordinated; and every parent especially ought to feel, every hour of the day, that next to making his own calling and election sure, this is the end for which he is kept alive by God- this is his task on earth.  - Robert Lewis Dabney

CONTACT

Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/

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Twitter: @ruralpastors

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