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Pastor for 30 years.

• Away in Maine

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on June 7, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve haven’t blogged in a while. I was in Maine with my wife Gayle for a while celebrating our 25th. I will get back to blogging soon.    

• A new blog

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 26, 2009 • ( 1 )

  Billy Rosano has been blogging for about 2 months. Billy is a good brother, pastor, father, and seminary student. Check him out at Tracts and Treatises.

• As you begin a new ministry

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 22, 2009 • ( 1 )

  I am currently studying the gospel of Mark in preparation for preaching through the book and was unnerved as I worked through chapter 1. Mark chronicles the arrival of John the Baptist in 1:2-8 and then Jesus’ baptism as well as… Read More ›

• How theology influences worship

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 13, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Carl Trueman has posted an essay titled, “Look, it’s Rubbish!” that shows how one’s theology ultimately influences one’s worship. It is well worth the read.

• The sorrow of sin

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on May 9, 2009 • ( 2 )

  It is one of those popular bible trivia questions and it goes like this: “What is the shortest verse in the bible?” The answer is then given: “John 11:35; Jesus wept.” What is rarely asked is, “Why did he weep?”… Read More ›

• Don’t be eaten alive

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Local churches are always on the alert from those who would perpetrate false teaching and division in the body and in the New Testament it is a recurring warning. As I am working through Galatians in Sunday school, we see… Read More ›

• John Piper/N.T. Wright debate

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Over at Denny Burk’s blog, Burk has posted an audio file of a discussion regarding the John Piper/N.T. Wright debate. Held at Boyce College, Burk hosted the discussion that included Tom Schreiner, Mark Seifrid, and Brian Vickers. These men responded… Read More ›

• Spurgeon on pastoral ministry

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 13, 2009 • ( 2 )

  I am reading Iain Murray’s book, The Forgotten Spurgeon and found two quotes very telling about the nature of pastoral ministry. Spurgeon in today’s church would have been considered very successful. He had a large church and an extensive writing… Read More ›

• What motivates us

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on April 7, 2009 • ( 3 )

  This past weekend our men went on retreat and were blessed to be led by Pastor Bob Burrelli who pastors Grace Bible Church just outside Boston. Bob and I were at Dallas Seminary together and he went on to Cambridge… Read More ›

• A note on God’s sovereignty

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 30, 2009 • ( 4 )

  A good brother, who does not attend the church I pastor, stopped me at my favorite haunt this week and shared what someone from a local church he used to attend said about God’s sovereignty. This man said, “I think… Read More ›