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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>The Master's Seminary Blog</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu</link> <description>Sound articles from trusted faculty and friends of The Master's Seminary.</description> <language>en</language> <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 00:09:29 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-05-01T00:09:29Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <item> <title>The Legacy of Long-Term Ministry</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/legacy-long-term-ministry</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/legacy-long-term-ministry" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-30-24.png" alt="The Legacy of Long-Term Ministry" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="dropcap">A</span> <a href="http://www.gbjournal.org/8-82/" style="color: #000000;">recent poll</a> suggests that the average pastor stays at his church for only around 6 years. But that hardly seems long enough to be truly effective.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In times past, pastoral tenure was typically measured in decades—when the longevity of men like John Calvin (who ministered in Geneva for 25 years until he died), Charles Simeon (who served in Cambridge for over 50 years), John Stott (who pastored in London for over 50 years), Jonathan Edwards (who preached in Northampton for over 20 years) and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (who served in London for nearly 30 years) was the rule, and not the exception. Even in recent times, W. A. Criswell pastored in downtown Dallas for nearly 50 years and Adrian Rogers in Memphis for 32 years. To be sure, there are others in large churches who have demonstrated longtime endurance serving a single congregation, but they are rarer these days. Long-term pastorates in smaller churches are an even more rare exception to the rule.</span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/legacy-long-term-ministry" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-30-24.png" alt="The Legacy of Long-Term Ministry" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="dropcap">A</span> <a href="http://www.gbjournal.org/8-82/" style="color: #000000;">recent poll</a> suggests that the average pastor stays at his church for only around 6 years. But that hardly seems long enough to be truly effective.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In times past, pastoral tenure was typically measured in decades—when the longevity of men like John Calvin (who ministered in Geneva for 25 years until he died), Charles Simeon (who served in Cambridge for over 50 years), John Stott (who pastored in London for over 50 years), Jonathan Edwards (who preached in Northampton for over 20 years) and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (who served in London for nearly 30 years) was the rule, and not the exception. Even in recent times, W. A. Criswell pastored in downtown Dallas for nearly 50 years and Adrian Rogers in Memphis for 32 years. To be sure, there are others in large churches who have demonstrated longtime endurance serving a single congregation, but they are rarer these days. Long-term pastorates in smaller churches are an even more rare exception to the rule.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Flegacy-long-term-ministry&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Ministry</category> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:41:48 GMT</pubDate> <author>jmacarthur@tms.edu (John MacArthur)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/legacy-long-term-ministry</guid> <dc:date>2024-04-30T22:41:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Should We Sing "God Estranged From God"?</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/should-we-sing-god-estranged-from-god</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/should-we-sing-god-estranged-from-god" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-24-24.png" alt="Should We Sing &quot;God Estranged From God&quot;?" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">“His Robes for Mine” is one of my favorite modern hymns. It uses&nbsp;the biblical imagery of exchanging robes to illustrate imputation and substitution (Zech&nbsp;3:1–5). It magnifies the active and passive obedience of Christ. It even uses the word <i>propitiation</i>—no small feat for a song written in 2008!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Yet, for all of its obvious strengths, the chorus of the song has one line that gave me pause the first time I heard it: "I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:&nbsp;Jesus forsaken, <i>God estranged from God</i>."</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">This line draws on Christ’s cry from the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matt&nbsp;27:46; cf. Psalm 22) But, however we interpret this verse, is it correct to say that God the Son was <i>estranged</i> from God the Father? After all, the Father and the Son are essentially one (Deut&nbsp;6:4; John 10:30). Can these two persons who are the same identical essence be “estranged” from one another? Doesn’t estrangement between the two entail some division in the divine essence? </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/should-we-sing-god-estranged-from-god" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-24-24.png" alt="Should We Sing &quot;God Estranged From God&quot;?" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">“His Robes for Mine” is one of my favorite modern hymns. It uses&nbsp;the biblical imagery of exchanging robes to illustrate imputation and substitution (Zech&nbsp;3:1–5). It magnifies the active and passive obedience of Christ. It even uses the word <i>propitiation</i>—no small feat for a song written in 2008!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Yet, for all of its obvious strengths, the chorus of the song has one line that gave me pause the first time I heard it: "I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:&nbsp;Jesus forsaken, <i>God estranged from God</i>."</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">This line draws on Christ’s cry from the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matt&nbsp;27:46; cf. Psalm 22) But, however we interpret this verse, is it correct to say that God the Son was <i>estranged</i> from God the Father? After all, the Father and the Son are essentially one (Deut&nbsp;6:4; John 10:30). Can these two persons who are the same identical essence be “estranged” from one another? Doesn’t estrangement between the two entail some division in the divine essence? </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fshould-we-sing-god-estranged-from-god&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Theology</category> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:36:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/should-we-sing-god-estranged-from-god</guid> <dc:date>2024-04-24T22:36:27Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Jacob Trotter</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Does Your Hermeneutic Hold to Sola Scriptura?</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/does-your-hermeneutic-hold-to-sola-scriptura</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/does-your-hermeneutic-hold-to-sola-scriptura" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-16-24_png.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Does Your Hermeneutic Hold to Sola Scriptura?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Sola Scriptura </em>would be the anthem of most evangelicals. It was the crushing blow of the Reformation, after all. But what implications does this conviction have upon the way we actually study our Bibles? And how we live our lives?</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">First, let us establish the argument for <em>sola Scriptura, </em>and then we will examine its implications upon the way we understand and interpret the Bible. </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/does-your-hermeneutic-hold-to-sola-scriptura" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-16-24_png.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Does Your Hermeneutic Hold to Sola Scriptura?&quot;" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Sola Scriptura </em>would be the anthem of most evangelicals. It was the crushing blow of the Reformation, after all. But what implications does this conviction have upon the way we actually study our Bibles? And how we live our lives?</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">First, let us establish the argument for <em>sola Scriptura, </em>and then we will examine its implications upon the way we understand and interpret the Bible. </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fdoes-your-hermeneutic-hold-to-sola-scriptura&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>hermeneutics</category> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:30:59 GMT</pubDate> <author>abnerchou@example.com (Abner Chou)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/does-your-hermeneutic-hold-to-sola-scriptura</guid> <dc:date>2024-04-16T22:30:59Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Undistracted by Moralism</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-moralism</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-moralism" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-10-24.png" alt="Undistracted by Moralism" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><span>“Do not think I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets;</span></i><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><span>I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”</span></i><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span>Matthew 5:17</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Tunes we hear as children often stay with us as adults. Who doesn’t know <i>Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star</i>? Even after many decades, who couldn’t start a round of <i>Wheels on a Bus</i>? Children’s songs are nostalgic, bringing us back to a time of simplicity and safety—who can’t hear their mom singing a sweet lullaby in their ear?&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Today’s Siren also has a childhood song. It’s the song of moralism—the chorus we heard growing up, the melody that plays in the background of our mind, and the ditty we hum to ourselves without even realizing it. <i>Be Nice</i> is the title. <i>Do good things</i> is the refrain. And <i>God will accept you</i> is the message. </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-moralism" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4-10-24.png" alt="Undistracted by Moralism" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><span>“Do not think I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets;</span></i><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><span>I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”</span></i><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span>Matthew 5:17</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Tunes we hear as children often stay with us as adults. Who doesn’t know <i>Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star</i>? Even after many decades, who couldn’t start a round of <i>Wheels on a Bus</i>? Children’s songs are nostalgic, bringing us back to a time of simplicity and safety—who can’t hear their mom singing a sweet lullaby in their ear?&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Today’s Siren also has a childhood song. It’s the song of moralism—the chorus we heard growing up, the melody that plays in the background of our mind, and the ditty we hum to ourselves without even realizing it. <i>Be Nice</i> is the title. <i>Do good things</i> is the refrain. And <i>God will accept you</i> is the message. </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fundistracted-by-moralism&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Scripture</category> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-moralism</guid> <dc:date>2024-04-10T21:00:00Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Patrick Slyman</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Three Reasons to Study Historical Theology</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/three-reasons-to-study-historical-theology</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/three-reasons-to-study-historical-theology" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4.2.24.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Three Reasons to Study Historical Theology&quot; by Jacob Trotter" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">“We see around us every day the growth of new beliefs, which think themselves new; and which are yet but the old, which pretend to be young.”&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://read.gov/books/pageturner/dracula/#page/224/mode/2up"><span>These words</span></a><span> <span style="color: #000000;">from Bram Stoker’s </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><i>Dracula</i> are spoken by Professor Abraham van Helsing in an attempt to help one of his colleagues understand the ancient evil they faced. Unlike the other characters, van Helsing was not blinded by the modern presuppositions that prevented them from identifying their enemy. While they <i>couldn’t </i>believe a vampire was the cause of their trouble (because of their presuppositions), he marshaled the wisdom of the past to inform the conflict of the present.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In one sense, this is also the task of historical theology. We are not the first Christians to think through theological issues, and we shouldn’t act like we are. There is a wealth of wisdom in the church’s past readily available for us today. While there are <span style="color: #b78b20;"><a href="https://andynaselli.com/eight-benefits-of-historical-theology" style="color: #b78b20;">many reasons</a> </span>to plunder this wisdom, I would like to argue for just three here. </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/three-reasons-to-study-historical-theology" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_4.2.24.png" alt="From The Master's Seminary Blog, &quot;Three Reasons to Study Historical Theology&quot; by Jacob Trotter" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">“We see around us every day the growth of new beliefs, which think themselves new; and which are yet but the old, which pretend to be young.”&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://read.gov/books/pageturner/dracula/#page/224/mode/2up"><span>These words</span></a><span> <span style="color: #000000;">from Bram Stoker’s </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><i>Dracula</i> are spoken by Professor Abraham van Helsing in an attempt to help one of his colleagues understand the ancient evil they faced. Unlike the other characters, van Helsing was not blinded by the modern presuppositions that prevented them from identifying their enemy. While they <i>couldn’t </i>believe a vampire was the cause of their trouble (because of their presuppositions), he marshaled the wisdom of the past to inform the conflict of the present.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In one sense, this is also the task of historical theology. We are not the first Christians to think through theological issues, and we shouldn’t act like we are. There is a wealth of wisdom in the church’s past readily available for us today. While there are <span style="color: #b78b20;"><a href="https://andynaselli.com/eight-benefits-of-historical-theology" style="color: #b78b20;">many reasons</a> </span>to plunder this wisdom, I would like to argue for just three here. </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fthree-reasons-to-study-historical-theology&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Theology</category> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:43:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/three-reasons-to-study-historical-theology</guid> <dc:date>2024-04-02T20:43:43Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Jacob Trotter</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Safe With the Shepherd</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/safe-with-the-shepherd</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/safe-with-the-shepherd" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_3-26.png" alt="Safe With the Shepherd" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Shepherding is the heart of ministry. It is our response to the charge of every sermon, the truth of every verse of Scripture, and the labor of every prayer. Whether we are shepherding others or are being shepherded ourselves, we all are among the flock of the Chief Shepherd, and as He leads, we follow.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Psalm 23, so familiar to believers and non-believers alike, teaches us how to live, where to place our trust, what to hope in, and ultimately, in whom we find our comfort and rest. Yet, there can be a danger to these familiar biblical passages. Do you find that when a verse or chapter becomes so well-known you can cease to meditate on the rich theology of the text and thus allow its brilliance to become dim in your heart? Let that not be true of us! When we delight ourselves in the Word of God, even the much-loved passages we know so well can reveal great and glorious truths in fresh ways. </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/safe-with-the-shepherd" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_3-26.png" alt="Safe With the Shepherd" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Shepherding is the heart of ministry. It is our response to the charge of every sermon, the truth of every verse of Scripture, and the labor of every prayer. Whether we are shepherding others or are being shepherded ourselves, we all are among the flock of the Chief Shepherd, and as He leads, we follow.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Psalm 23, so familiar to believers and non-believers alike, teaches us how to live, where to place our trust, what to hope in, and ultimately, in whom we find our comfort and rest. Yet, there can be a danger to these familiar biblical passages. Do you find that when a verse or chapter becomes so well-known you can cease to meditate on the rich theology of the text and thus allow its brilliance to become dim in your heart? Let that not be true of us! When we delight ourselves in the Word of God, even the much-loved passages we know so well can reveal great and glorious truths in fresh ways. </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fsafe-with-the-shepherd&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Scripture</category> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:32:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/safe-with-the-shepherd</guid> <dc:date>2024-03-26T22:32:42Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Michael Staton</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Undistracted by Sentimentalism</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-sentimentalism</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-sentimentalism" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_feb_6.png" alt="Undistracted by Sentimentalism" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><i>“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”</i>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">Luke 19:10 &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The cover is one of the music industry’s most effective ways to promote new musical talent. It entails an artist taking an already popular song and making it their own—a marketing technique that introduces an unknown musician to an existing audience while familiarizing an audience to the skill and style of a new musician. And when done well, a multi-billion-dollar industry is the prize. </span></p></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-sentimentalism" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_feb_6.png" alt="Undistracted by Sentimentalism" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><i>“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”</i>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">Luke 19:10 &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The cover is one of the music industry’s most effective ways to promote new musical talent. It entails an artist taking an already popular song and making it their own—a marketing technique that introduces an unknown musician to an existing audience while familiarizing an audience to the skill and style of a new musician. And when done well, a multi-billion-dollar industry is the prize. </span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fundistracted-by-sentimentalism&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Christian Living</category> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:20:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/undistracted-by-sentimentalism</guid> <dc:date>2024-03-19T21:20:33Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Patrick Slyman</dc:creator> </item> <item> <title>Shepherds Conference 2024 General Session Notes</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/shepherds-conference-2024-general-session-notes</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/shepherds-conference-2024-general-session-notes" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blogphoto_3-7-24.png" alt="Shepherds Conference 2024 General Session Notes" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">Look back at sermon notes from each Shepherds Conference 2024 general session.</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"></span></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/shepherds-conference-2024-general-session-notes" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blogphoto_3-7-24.png" alt="Shepherds Conference 2024 General Session Notes" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;">Look back at sermon notes from each Shepherds Conference 2024 general session.</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"></span> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fshepherds-conference-2024-general-session-notes&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <author>nbusenitz@gmail.com (TMS Staff)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/shepherds-conference-2024-general-session-notes</guid> <dc:date>2024-03-06T19:00:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Most-Played Sermons From Shepherds Conference 2023</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/most-played-sermons-from-shepherds-conference-2023</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/most-played-sermons-from-shepherds-conference-2023" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/ShepConPhoto2023.png" alt="Shepherds Conference 2023 Photo" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Shepherds Conference 2024 is almost here. Take a look back at the top 10 most-played sermons from last year’s conference.</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"></span></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/most-played-sermons-from-shepherds-conference-2023" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/ShepConPhoto2023.png" alt="Shepherds Conference 2023 Photo" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Shepherds Conference 2024 is almost here. Take a look back at the top 10 most-played sermons from last year’s conference.</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"></span> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fmost-played-sermons-from-shepherds-conference-2023&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 02:26:14 GMT</pubDate> <author>nbusenitz@gmail.com (TMS Staff)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/most-played-sermons-from-shepherds-conference-2023</guid> <dc:date>2024-03-06T02:26:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why Study the Old Testament?</title> <link>https://blog.tms.edu/why-study-the-old-testament</link> <description><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/why-study-the-old-testament" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_2.20.24.png" alt="Why Study the Old Testament?" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <span style="color: #000000;">Many Christians, and even some non-Christians, are acquainted with the well-known stories of the Old Testament. They know about Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, and Daniel in the lions' den. Yet, in spite of this familiarity, Christians often treat the Old Testament with a reverential<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> aloofness, content to feast </span>on the delicacies of the New Testament and ignore the other 77% of the Bible.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></description> <content:encoded><div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.tms.edu/why-study-the-old-testament" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.tms.edu/hubfs/blog_photo_2.20.24.png" alt="Why Study the Old Testament?" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <span style="color: #000000;">Many Christians, and even some non-Christians, are acquainted with the well-known stories of the Old Testament. They know about Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood, Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, and Daniel in the lions' den. Yet, in spite of this familiarity, Christians often treat the Old Testament with a reverential<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"> aloofness, content to feast </span>on the delicacies of the New Testament and ignore the other 77% of the Bible.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5914839&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.tms.edu%2Fwhy-study-the-old-testament&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.tms.edu&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "></content:encoded> <category>Christian Living</category> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <author>ibusenitz@tms.edu (Irv Busenitz)</author> <guid>https://blog.tms.edu/why-study-the-old-testament</guid> <dc:date>2024-02-24T18:00:00Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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