What Preachers Can Learn from Tom Brady: Part 3
by W. Jackson Watts (Part 1 and Part 2 of this article appeared earlier on our site. They can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinks). Committed to the Team (Collaboration) Over the last year or two, news outlets have reported several times on a friction in the…
What Preachers Can Learn from Tom Brady: Part 2
by W. Jackson Watts (Part 1 of this article appeared earlier on our site. It can be accessed here.) Attention to Detail (Focus) Brady is well-known for his commitment to film study. Studying the film from actual games is a large component of game preparation for coaches and…
What Preachers Can Learn from Tom Brady
by W. Jackson Watts This past Sunday, for the ninth time in 18 years as a starting quarterback, Tom Brady of the New England Patriots played in the Super Bowl. He had won five of his previous eight trips to football’s biggest game (and America’s most watched sporting…
A Must-Read Paper on the Lord’s Supper
by Matt Pinson Cory Thompson, pastor of First Free Will Baptist Church of Poteau Oklahoma, presented a well-researched paper on the meaning and participants of the Lord’s Supper entitled, “The Lord’s Supper as Meaningful and Open.” The main use of this paper for Free Will Baptists is his…
Jeff Blair’s “Cultivating a Culture of Wisdom in the Local Church”: A Response
by Thomas Marberry At the recent Theological Symposium held on the campus of Randall University in Moore, Oklahoma, Dr. Jeff Blair presented a paper entitled Creating a Culture of Wisdom in the Local Church. This essay was based on his recently-completed D.Min. thesis at Northern Seminary. Blair begins…