Daniel L. Arter’s Post

This song breaks me down almost every time I listen to it: "Boldly I approach my Father Clothed in Jesus’ righteousness There is no more guilt to carry It was finished upon that Cross" https://lnkd.in/eky3-tFN

Did you miss Sunday’s sermon? Visit https://lnkd.in/eJf3nbTH to hear Pastor Daniel preach about being Ready for Every Good Work - Part 2 from Titus 3:8-11.

“You will always be most effective when you are leading, ministering, serving, teaching, and discipling others when you’re doing it out of the overflow of your own worship of Jesus and by abiding in him. Never, ever forget that.” Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt, Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing, 2022), 42. #calling #called #ministryleadership #discipling #ministry

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“When Jesus bought you with his blood on the cross, you became a part of his bride—the church. You became one with him. This is what it means to abide in Christ. You’re connected with him in a way that changes who you are, and he is giving you the power and sustenance to do what he is calling you to do.” Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt, Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing, 2022), 35. #ministryleadership #calling #called #jesusblood #abidinginhim

Ready for Every Good Work - Part 2 (Titus 3:8-11) The Pastoral Epistles Rev. Daniel L. Arter https://lnkd.in/eddMJVwH

“That is what discipleship and sanctification are. Moment by moment and day by day you learn what it means to live as a child of God, a follower of Jesus, a Christian. It’s all about abiding in Christ for salvation and sanctification. Plus, serving in ministry and living on mission doesn’t change any of that. The power you’re going to need to effectively serve Jesus and his bride will ultimately come from abiding in him.” Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt, Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing, 2022), 35. #discipleship #sanctification #calling #called #ministryleadership

Every year around this time I do a brief reflection on a year’s worth of PhD studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This year, I completed seminars on World Religions and Science & Origins. I attempted a seminar on Philosophical Theology, but will need to retake that seminar in Spring 2025. This puts me exactly halfway through my seminars. In addition, I had the privilege of traveling multiple times this year for academic-related endeavors including the ETS*/EPS** Annual Meetings (San Antonio, TX), a weeklong trip to Midwestern Seminary (Kansas City, MO), a day trip to Christ Reformed Church (Alexandria, PA) for their annual Theology Conference, and a short trip to ETS* Eastern at Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA). The 2024-2025 school year looks to be a rather busy year for me with 4 seminars planned between July 2024 and April 2025–please pray for me. If all goes well, I’ll finish Theology & Culture, Missiology, OT Theology, and Theological German by the end of this school year. I also have several trips planned for this coming school year—ETS*/EPS** Annual Meetings (San Diego, CA), two visits to Midwestern Seminary (Kansas City, MO), a visit to Christ Reformed Church (Alexandria, PA), and a short trip to ETS* Eastern (though I don’t know where this meeting will be located yet). So again, please pray for me during this year. My goal is to wrap everything up by December 2026 (including my dissertation). God is certainly good. ——— *Evangelical Theological Society **Evangelical Philosophical Society

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I don’t know why this needs to be said, but for some reason it does. Seminary is far more than just reading books—so, making the claim that someone can get prepared for full-time pastoral ministry just by reading books at the library is just foolish. #seminary #reading #ministry #ministryreadiness #churchstaff