Dan Greenfield

Category: The Church

  • Strong Words About Church Membership

    It is high time for every Christian to consider well his relation to the church, and the duties which it involves. No covenant is more sacred or binding, than that which unites a member to this body. The matrimonial covenant has upon it the seal of God; to prove faithless…

  • Social Gospel Again

    “Again,” referencing an earlier post I made about social efforts by churches. Today’s is from the National Council of Churches’ letter to President Obama, urging him to cut poverty in half– There is no greater concern among the churches of Christ than for those in this nation who live in…

  • A Great Question and a Great Answer

    Once in awhile we’ll take our Wednesday Bible study for an “Ask the Pastor” session. It’s usually a lot of fun, in addition to being helpful. Occasionally someone will ask a real tough question that I have to answer with “Uh, I have no idea. I’ll have to get back…

  • A Social Mandate?

    What role should the Christian church have in helping the poor and downtrodden? This pastor says that it is a “biblical mandate” to spend our lives helping the poor, regardless of their response, for these reasons: The OT clearly expects it, Deut 15:7-8 “The sin of Sodom was their lack of…

  • Sharing the Gospel with the Amish

    Here’s a great post on how one neighbor man (who happened to be a pastor) was concerned for the souls of his Amish neighbors, and the varied responses his witness had.

  • Evangelism

    What do you think about this statement? God’s primary means of evangelism is for people to see the hope of Christ in our daily lives and to ask us about it.  

  • Try This on Any Other Religion

    This Doritos and Pepsi commercial scheduled to air during the Super Bowl is abominable: As has been noted by many, if a similar commercial was made “just in good humor” with another religion in view–say, Islam–I doubt it would make it to the airwaves. Christianity? Oh, that’s different. And those…

  • Okaaaaay

    Gay churches don’t have the built-in ability to attract families with children, teenagers with youth programs, and young people with church services like rock concerts. There are no “crying rooms” for babies at Joy MCC or Sunday-school classrooms or a day-care center during the week. … “What I’m finding is…

  • What to Preach

    One should preach his beliefs, not his doubts. –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 62.

  • Ministry Notoriety

    Notoriety always comes to the preacher who betrays his Lord or his gospel (60). –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 60.

  • Sincerity in Ministry

    (Commenting on 2 Cor 4:2) The temptation was often yielded to then as now, to put the best apples on top of the barrel, the best strawberries on top of the basket. The Judaizers made a plausible plea and show. Paul, in contrast, grounds his confidence on two reasons. One…

  • Humility

    The man wins more men to the ministry who is unconscious of any special halo on his own head. He sees only the face of Jesus his Lord. –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, pp. 57-58.

  • Your Point of View

    The sense of the nearness of God in his own life and ministry is the overmastering conviction of Paul…if Paul is able to find joy in the midst of his misfortunes, he has pointed the way for every preacher of Christ. The secret lies in looking at one’s life from…

  • God’s Will

    It is easier to see the hand of God after we have passed through a crisis. –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 41.

  • Mountains and Valleys

    The sun often shines on the mountain when it is dark in the valley (39). –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 38.

  • Call to Preach

    The temptation is easy to settle the question of being a preacher on the dead-level of business, expediency, and convenience. It is the spiritual view of the eternal values as seen by Paul in this prophetic passage that will win and hold the noblest type of man to the service…

  • Press On

    It is a great mistake for any preacher to reach a final conclusion in his moments of despondency. One can see better in the light than in the dark. The light will come if one press on towards it. –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 37.  

  • Quit the Ministry?

    Deep down as Paul had gone, it did not occur to him to quit the ministry. –A. T. Robertson, The Glory of the Ministry, p. 28.  

  • A Pastor in Jeopardy

    At such a time [the day-to-day sameness and toil of ministry] one is oversensitive and imagines all kinds of slights and insults. The real difficulties and problems of the ministry are magnified out of all proportion to the facts. In such a case a minister is in jeopardy. He is…

  • The Passing of an Apostle

    When the apostles passed off the scene, did they give any kind of hint or clear instruction as to what believers and churches should look to for final authority in matters of faith and practice? Yes, they did–note this comment by C. I. Scofield on 2 Timothy 3:16-17… The apostolic…