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11/05/06
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King for a Week - Expository Thoughts

King for a Week is an honor I bestow on blogs that I feel are making a valuable contribution to my faith and the faith of other believers. Every week (in theory) I select a blog, link to it from my site, and add that site’s most recent headlines to my left sidebar. While this is really not much, I do feel that it allows me to encourage and support other bloggers while making my readers aware of other good sites.

This week’s recipient of the award is Expository Thoughts, a blog the features the writing of five men, all of whom are pastors (though it seems that one of these, Paul Lamey, does the vast majority of the writing). The authors say, “There’s no greater task under the Sun than to proclaim the Word of God. However, preaching has become an endangered species whereby anything and everything is called ‘preaching’. It was P. T. Forsyth who reminded us of preaching’s crucial nature when he said, ‘It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching Christianity stands or falls.’ Expository Thoughts is dedicated to the expository ministry of the Christian Scriptures (it’s recovery, sharpening, and systematic proclamation). It is our aim to provide encouragement, resources, and general discussion related to the preaching ministry.” While the site’s primary audience is pastors and church leaders, there is plenty at the site to benefit any Christian.

In the coming days you will be able to see the most recent headlines from this blog in the sidebar of my site. I hope you will make your way over the site and look around.

I continue to accept nominations for King of the Week. If you have a site you would like to nominate, feel free to do so. Thanks to those of you who nominated this week’s honoree.

King for a Week - Expository Thoughts

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1. Even So...
November 5, 2006
5:46 PM

Tim, great choice, I visit over there frequently. There is much to glean from these men, and the comments, with the posting writer and the other contributors of the blog, do a superb job of staying on tack, and lending valuable insights, as the writers interact with each other and the commentors, and it just feeds me big time…I love the site…


2. jsni@sbcglobal.net
November 6, 2006
12:36 AM

Wow, Paul has made it big time!


3. Paul Lamey
November 6, 2006
9:56 AM

First of all, I would like to thank my agent, my producer and director…oh wait, wrong award.

Tim, thanks for this high blog honor. Our blog is a place for us to talk out loud about the things we care most about. We’re thankful it’s been useful to a few.

Blessings to you and keep up the great work.

PSL


4. Jerry Wragg
November 7, 2006
9:12 AM

Tim - You’re absolutely right about Paul being the most prolific at the moment. The other day, I was lamenting my schedule in a phone conversation with him (he was chiding me for not producing more), and he had virtually no sympathy (perhaps because we’re in the same doctoral program…go figure!)! However, in my defense (how’s that for self-absorption?) Paul isn’t marrying off a daughter, starting a seminary, and writing a book…nor is he as mentally challenged as me!

So there!


5. Paul Lamey
November 7, 2006
3:06 PM

Jerry’s right, I’m not about to marry off a daughter but my wife is about to have one…surely that counts for something. Jerry, just remember that ctrl+alt+f is your best friend while working on your doctoral projects (it’s the shortcut for footnotes).


6. Caleb Kolstad
November 10, 2006
2:28 PM

Tim,

Thanks for this great honor! Also thank you for the work on your site.

Caleb Kolstad