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Discerning Your Call to Ministry
***Free 128 page PDF ebook, “The Call to Ministry” Journal, by Al Mohler, Don Whitney, and Dan Dumas, detailed below***
Through my time as a student pastor I have seen many students pursue a call to ministry. This is a rewarding aspect of working with teenagers. As they are growing in their faith and learning to make decisions on their own you get the privilege of seeing God a work and the teenager wrestle with it. Several students, both young men and women, have expressed a leaning toward missions or children/youth ministry and even the occasional pastoral calling that surfaces early.
When a student comes to me for advise when discerning a call to ministry it is never an easy conversation. It is hard to say with certitude what God may or may not be doing in another person’s heart. Therefore I always try to push that student to good resources and to continue exploring what God is saying.
I recently ran across a great resource that I will be using for this very purpose.
Dr. Hershal York, a preaching professor from my alma mater, Southern Seminary, posted a great blog about how graduating from Seminary doesn’t qualify you for ministry (despite that being a primary indicator for hiring churches). Check out his article here, “Why seminary can never qualify anyone for ministry“.
At the end of this article is a free PDF workbook written by Molher, Whitney, and Dumas titled, The Call to Ministry. It is self-described as:
This is a different sort of book. Or workbook. Or journal. Whatever it is, this resource from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is meant to help you discern whether or not God has called you to ministry. And it’s meant for you to use and devour. You’ll notice pages with blank space; those pages are for you to respond to questions, react to the quotations and reflect on the Scripture references you’ll find throughout. So, open your Bible, get out your pen and discover whether God has called you to this most noble and weighty task.
I downloaded it and will continue to pass this out to those considering full time vocational ministry.
I would upload the PDF here and make it available to all of humanity, but I feel I would be subverting Southern’s goodwill gesture to prospective students and the seminary’s offer to provide the highest quality conservative ministry training available.
So I will leave you with a link. Check out www.sbts.edu/the-call-to-ministry-journal. If you are willing to give them your email address, they are willing to give you this 128 page invaluable resource, that quite possibly could be a determining factor in understanding God’s call on your life.
Youth Ministry Resources Giveaway
Hey, it free, why not?
If you are a supporter of your Youth Pastor/workers, enter this free contest and give them all the goods if you win! Its full of resources, and who can say no to that.
They say it is $565 worth of stuff. If you don’t win, I guess you could just donate $565 and buy it outright, too. 😉
Click ministertoyouth.com for the link to enter with just an email address.
Reformation Trust Publishing – A Treasure Trove of Free Resources
Fill your Kindle or iPad with great theology for FREE. I stumbled upon this site after a recommendation from my pastor of a book that was being offered free. As I started clicking around I found many great topics that real people have real questions about. These are answered in free downloadable books.
Thank you Reformation Trust Publishing (click for the link) for not being all about the money, but caring more about the dissemination of Truth.
My pastor noted that, John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology is currently free. I don’t believe this is always free, but it is now so grab it.
Also all of the “Crucial Questions Series” books are available totally free. There are many topics addresses that you may be interested in. Here is the tip of the iceberg of series titles:
- Who is Jesus?
- Does Prayer Change Things?
- Can I Trust the Bible?
- Does God Control Everything?
- Can I be Sure I am Saved?
- What is the Church, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper? (3 separate books)
- What is the Trinity?
- and many more…
Here is an Amazon Books link that shows, in order of price, downloads offered by this publisher. Also you can simply search for Reformation Trust in the Amazon search field and you will find these. Note: Amazon has a lot of their offerings, but not all of them. You will find more on their website and can download them (still free) there with a free account. I prefer amazon personally…
While all the books on this site are not free, (they still have to pay the bills too) I’m very happy to see many that are. So I wanted to make you aware of this resource if you have any of these questions rolling around in your mind. Allow these readings to push you not to knowing more theology, but to a relationship with the author of Truth himself, Jesus Christ.
Two FREE Books – Today only!
Here is something to brighten your day. Jump on Amazon and get some free books that are as good as it gets. Jerry Bridges and R.C. Sproul write books that bring us to the truth with amazing insight and passion. Free is the right price, so this is a no-brainer. These are Kindle downloads so you can have the e-book instantly on your device or computer as a resource. Go get them today!
Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts.by Jerry Bridges – (I have personally owned this one in paperback for many years and fully recommend it for anyone facing life struggles or tragedy.)
In an effort to strengthen his own trust in God during a time of adversity, Navigator author Jerry Bridges began a lengthy Bible study on God’s sovereignty. The revelations changed his life. In Trusting God, he shares the scope of God’s power to help you come to know Him better, have a relationship with Him, and trust Him more—even when unjust things happen. Tragedy, grief, loss, and death are part of life. Discover how Trusting God can reveal biblical truths about God. Includes bonus chapter taken from More Than Ordinary by Doug Sherman. (Amazon book description)
God’s Love: How the Infinite God Cares for His Children. by R.C. Sproul – Love has come to mean many things. It’s used to describe emotions. It’s the glue for relationships. It frames countless stories. And the greatest of these stories opens before time began and echoes throughout eternity. It’s the story of God’s unrelenting, overwhelming love for His people. Yet the truth of love is even more majestic, more staggering, and more extraordinary than we can understand: God doesn’t just love us. He is love.
Renowned theologian and teacher Dr. R.C. Sproul takes a remarkable look at this most profound truth. God’s Love delves deep into Scripture to explore this dynamic attribute of God, which finds its ultimate expression in His Son. Dr. Sproul also examines seeming paradoxes of God, such as a loving God and divine hate, and how love coexists with His sovereignty. Practical, insightful, and revolutionary, God’s Love compels and calls us to reflect His nature of unconditional love.
I hope you enjoy these books and are encouraged in your walk with Christ!
-Adam
The Lifebook Movement
Here is a great FREE resource for student ministries everywhere! (and the price is right, eh?) The Lifebook Movement is an effort to get the bible in the hands of every High School Student in the nation. This is a product of Gideon’s International and contains:
- An Old Testament Recap
- The Gospel of John
- Interactive Student Questions and Comments
- A Challenge to Trust Jesus Christ
To receive a free packet of 1000 Lifebooks only requires an online registration and a (suggested no-mimimum) love offering. Our student ministry has organized and participated in a “saturation” in the past and I fully recommend yours doing the same. What is more effective than getting God’s Word in the hands of teenagers in your area? By handing out these compact little books, your students become “gift-givers” rather than preachers or intrusive as they learn to share their faith. Here is specific link for Youth Leaders with quick video describing how to get involved.
Isaiah 55:10-11 speaks of how God’s Word is always effective. What an awesome promise!
“The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
It is the same with My Word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”
Check out the informative video below and see if you want to get plugged in!
Go get ’em!
Your fellow worker in the field, Adam
Get Your Free Copy of Pilgrim’s Progress
I’ve done a few blog posts making reference to John Bunyan’s classic work, Pilgrim’s Progress. If you have never read it, but wanted to, below is a link to the FREE e-book copy through Amazon. Hard to pass up free!
Did you know this book has been translated into 200+ languages. It was written in 1678 and has NEVER been out of print.
Click Here. Kindle Deal of the Day: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
“Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.” –Charles Spurgeon
FREE Systematic Theology Class!
Monergism.com is offering a FREE systematic theology class courtesy of Dr. Wayne Grudem. I personally have used Grudem’s Systematic Theology text for all of my systematic theology classes as Southern Seminary. I believe it is one of the best at outlining all of the critical subject matter in a amazingly biblical and thorough way. If you get this free resource I would also recommend having the book as a reference to follow along. But hey, who can pass up free!?! (oh but wait, you do have to cover the cost of shipping…man, they always get ya.) Still though, this tiny cost is way cheaper than the thousands I spent for 9 hours of seminary credit!
Click HERE for the link to this free resource.
His book, Bible Doctrine, is a “CliffsNotes” version of his full systematic theology (though a pretty hefty book in its own right). It is great for the nonacademic setting. This is effective as a book study for those who want to go deep into the doctrines of the church.
Below is a description of the CDs.
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Format: 3 Free MP3 CDs – These CDs will be mailed directly and we only ask that you cover the cost of shipping.
Availability: Due to High Demand, ships in 4-5 business days. Limit of one set of CDs per order.
Description: With the generous permission of Dr. Wayne Grudem, Monergism Books is giving away for free his complete class on systematic theology, a total of 119 class lectures.
The Christian church has a long tradition of systematic theology, that is, studying theology and doctrine organized around fairly standard categories such as the Word of God, redemption, and Jesus Christ. This introduction to systematic theology has several distinctive features:
– A strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine and teaching
– Clarity, with technical terms kept to a minimum
– A contemporary approach, treating subjects of special interest to the church today
– A friendly tone, appealing to the emotions and the spirit as well as the intellect
– Frequent application to life
About the Speaker:
Wayne Grudem is Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds degrees from Harvard (BA), Westminster Seminary (MDiv), and Cambridge (PhD). He is the author of over fifteen books including the bestselling Systematic Theology.
Download a FREE copy of Lecrae’s new CD – TODAY ONLY!
Lecrae’s new CD, “Church Clothes” was released today! As a bonus on the first day of release the full album is available for a FREE download. I just went there and got it myself, so this is legit.
Click HERE to be redirected to the download site. When I did it there was nothing to install or info to give, just a free copy of the album.
God Bless Lecrae!
Within the first 30 minutes of his release 80,000 people visited the website. You should too! -Adam
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