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Jeff Wiesner
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Jeff Wiesner
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“If you are visiting our church today and you’ve not been baptized as a believer according to a credible profession of faith, we kindly ask you to refrain from partaking the Lord’s Supper with us.”What's a theological opinion that will have you like this?
- My daughter plays competitive club volleyball. It’s great! We told the club from the start that we will be all in on weekday practices and Saturday tournament games but that we will not play on Sundays—including the big regional tournament on—*sigh*—Easter weekend. Her
- This pandemic of pastoral disqualifications should probably compel more pastors to give up platform-building “for the gospel” and embrace a kind of evangelical anonymity instead. Love and be known by the Lord…your wife…kids…church…close friends. And let that be enough.
- The Gospel of John as a journey through the “tabernacle” (Jn 1:14).
- Something I appreciate about my time on staff for a prominent megachurch was the care for excellence in aesthetics, branding, hospitality, communication, and more. Now I pastor a smaller church that emphasizes the means of grace over programs. And I wonder if there's a
- If you believe Mark Driscoll should be platformed while Mark Dever should be cancelled, your spiritual compass has been smashed to pieces.
- If a Pastor wants to build a discipling culture in his church... He should use the best of his pastoral energy to befriend, equip, and empower saints who are present, eager, and teachable instead of fretting over the fringe, swaying the cynical, and pacifying the disgruntled.
- If 47 year old me went back to counsel 27 year old me, I’d say: “Don’t go to seminary full time while your wife works. Get a full-time job, grow a family, and build a strong financial foundation while your expenses are lower than they’ll ever be. Let your early wealth build
- I’m no teetotaler, and I am all for Christian liberty, but there’s a kind of “whiskey culture” in Reformed Christian circles that’s worth possible caution, I think. We mustn't draw lines not drawn by Scripture. Yet, great wisdom and discretion is needed—especially by church
- Baptists need a stronger theology of beauty.Led a retreat for St. Andrew’s Anglican in Little Rock this weekend. One of the prettiest church properties around, imho. Flower beds, vegetable gardens, contemplative spaces for reflection. The grounds themselves feel like a retreat space in the city.
- Pastor, your sermon doesn't have to be memorable. It only needs to be faithful. "I don't remember 99% of the meals I've eaten, but they've kept me alive. God uses faithful, forgettable sermons to beautify his bride" (@MattSmethurst).
