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We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry. The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of the prophet. It is not the mentality of the slave of Christ. Professionalism has nothing to do with the essence and heart of the Christian ministry. The more professional we long to be, the more spiritual death we will leave in our wake. For there is no professional childlikeness (Matt. 18: 3); there is no professional tenderheartedness (Eph. 4: 32); there is no professional panting after God (Ps. 42: 1)

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God Gives Salvation

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, (Ephesians 2:8 ESV)

God Gives Love

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, (1 Thessalonians 3:12 ESV)

God Gives Faith

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 1:14 ESV)

God Gives Wisdom

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, (Ephesians 1:17 ESV)

*God Gives Joy *

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13 ESV)

Enjoy the gifts He has given you

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]]>http://carltonmatthews.com/god_s_man_good_gifts_/cdcc83b6-c97b-4ecf-a530-6e693c494659Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:00:00 GMT<![CDATA[God's Man | What I Read in 2012]]> So this is what I read in 2012. For some reason my reading went into overdrive this year. Where I am usually reading through, on average, about 3 books per month I often found at least 5 going at a time this year. Instead being incredibly fractured I found the differences in genre, style and subject matter flowed nicely. I included 2 bonus graphic novels that for some reason I devoured at a library in Houston while on vacation. My rule states that I can add a book to this list once I have consumed more than 75% of it. For most of these i read the entire thing. I was finally able to add #17 which is a 5 volume set this year. They are in no real order however the first 4 stick out in my mind the most. #2 is the one that I continue to go back to each month. I read #11 with my beautiful bride.

  1. Decline of African American Theology - Thabiti A.
  2. The Faithful Preacher - Thabiti A.
  3. Pastor - Eugene Petersen
  4. The Explict Gospel - Matt Chandler
  5. Legend of Zelda and Theology
  6. The Art of Neighboring - Dave Runyon, Jay Patnak
  7. The 4-hour Body - Tim Ferris
  8. The 4-hour Chef - Tim Ferris
  9. Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill
  10. Don't Waste Your Life - John Piper
  11. The Meaning of Marriage - Tim Keller
  12. Decision Making and the Will of God - Gary Friesen
  13. The Art of War - Sun Tzu
  14. The Yellow Submarine - Beatles
  15. Going Public - David and Kelli Pritchard
  16. The Hobbit - J. R. Tolkien
  17. Thru The Bible - J. Vernon McGee
  18. How Christians Should Relate to Government - Wayne Grudem
  19. The Essays of Francis Bacon - Francis Bacon
  20. The Selected Works of Jonathan Edwards - Jonathan Edwards
  21. Family Worship - Joel Beeke
  22. How To Be Black - Baratunde Thurston
  23. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals - John Piper
  24. Never Walk Away - Crawford Loritts
  25. Excellence - Andreas Kostenberger
  26. The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul
  27. Westminster Shorter Catechism
  28. This Momentary Marriage - John Piper
  29. Bloodlines - John Piper
  30. What He Must Be If He Wants To Marry My Daughter - Voddie Bachman
  31. Why Men Hate Going To Church - David Murrow
  32. Church Diversity - Scott Williams
  33. APE: How To Publish A Book - Guy Kawasaki34. Good News of Great Joy - John Piper
  34. The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis
  35. Stop Stealing Dreams - Seth Godin
  36. The Republic - Plato
  37. Tribes - Seth Godin
  38. The Power of Story
  39. 31 Days to Building a Better Blog - Darren Rowse
  40. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
  41. Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
  42. DC - Trinity
  43. Marvel 1602 Happy 2012

 

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