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Pastor for 30 years.

• 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 ›

• Moo commentary on Colossians and Philemon

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 25, 2009 • ( 2 )

  I recently purchased Doug Moo’s new commentary, The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series by Eerdmans and have appreciated reading the first 100 plus pages. Moo is an excellent New Testament scholar… Read More ›

• Christ, and him crucified

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 17, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Today I was working through 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 and was challenged once again regarding my charge as a preacher of the gospel. Paul is reminding the Corinthian church about how he conducted himself when he first came to the city…. Read More ›

• John Owen on sin

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 10, 2009 • ( 2 )

  It has been said that the Puritans were “physicians of the soul” and when you read them you quickly realize that they understood the frailties of human nature. Perhaps no Puritan writer is as well known as John Owen and… Read More ›

• Here is love…

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on March 8, 2009 • ( 0 )

  This morning I preached a sermon from 1 John 4:7-12 and was reminded, along with all the sheep, that my relationship with God is in no way based on my love for him but on his love for me. John… Read More ›

• Samuel Davies on being fitted for heaven

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

  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am again reading Iain Murray’s book Revival and Revivalism. Murray notes how Martyn Lloyd-Jones said that Samuel Davies was “the greatest preacher” that America ever produced (p. 3). Davies was a pastor… Read More ›

• The shepherd’s greatest worry: wolves

  By Dan Fabricatore, Ph.D. on February 24, 2009 • ( 3 )

  A few pastor friends and I are working on a book dealing with the challenges of pastoring smaller churches. In preparation for one of the chapters that I am writing, I came across an interesting online article titled “Protection Dogs… Read More ›