There are not enough good pastoral role models. It’s true. Oh, there are some good ones out there, and many of them have quite a following among the collegians, seminarians, and young pastors who find them. But it’s unfortunate there are not more good pastoral role models, or perhaps better, more role models who have the ability [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Spirituality’
April 30, 2007
Fuller’s advice to bloggers
The studying of Divine truth as preachers rather than as Christians, or, in other words, studying it for the sake of finding out something to say to others, without so much as thinking or profiting our own souls, is a temptation to which we are more than ordinarily exposed.
(‘Character and success of a faithful minister’, [...]
December 22, 2006
Fuller’s Emphasis on the Beauty of Christ
This post is the fourth (and final) in a series examining Fuller’s spirituality as found in his written correspondence. The first post in this series may be accessed by clicking here, the second here, and the third here. I think that the topic of this fourth and final post is an appropriate one with [...]
December 20, 2006
Fuller’s Dependence Upon the Holy Spirit and Prayer
This post is the third in a series examining Fuller’s spirituality found in his written correspondence. The first post in this series may be accessed by clicking here, the second by clicking here.
Fuller’s recognition of his utter inadequacies as both a Christian and a Minister of the Gospel drove him to greater dependence upon the [...]
December 16, 2006
Fuller’s Sense of His Own Inadequacies
This post is the second in a series examining Fuller’s spirituality found in his written correspondence. The first post in this series may be accessed by clicking here.
One of the most surprising of the recurring themes which I noted in Fuller’s letters was his obvious recognition of his own inadequacy both as a saint [...]