Fatherless Learning More about Caring for the Widow March 14, 2016 How does one help the widow practically? Even as I am currently teaching a class on mercy at the seminary, I am being taught this anew by my congregation. On Saturday afternoon I
Mercy Ministry Poor Laws in an Age of False Beneficence April 20, 2015 Whether it is teaching classes on mercy ministry or counseling with others on a case involving someone needy, again and again I find the church struggling to know what to do in helping
Mercy Ministry Mercy and the Westminster Publick Directory of Worship March 23, 2015 In teaching on mercy ministry in Reformed settings, I often use the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) to make a point. The RPW teaches that we are only to worship God as He
David Apple Not Just a Soup Kitchen October 22, 2014 Does your local church faithfully minister in the area of mercy? Many of us likely cringe a bit at that question. Perhaps the reason we do not like our own answer to that
Dr. David Apple Mercy Ministry: Theology and Practice September 08, 2014 When the bubonic plague broke out in 1519, Ulrich Zwingli won the hearts of Zurich, Switzerland’s citizens as he remained in the city to care for victims and nearly died himself while
Church Planting Church Planting & Mercy Ministry July 24, 2014 I'm writing this in real time as I take a class from Randy Nabors. He just referred to a post he wrote on Church Planting and Mercy Ministry. The cheat sheet he has
