About: Douglas Jacoby

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Becoming a Pastor Theologian (thought-provoking quotes)

Thought-provoking excerpts from Todd Wilson and Gerald Hiestand, eds. Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership (Downers Grove IL: InterVarsity Academic, 2016), pp. 2, 19, 41-42, 56, 90,… Read More

Written on February 19, 2020 at 12:01 am

Categories: Leadership

Tags: leader, pastor. training, teacher

Are You an American Church? (London, 1986)

The article I wrote back in 1986 about the origins of the Churches of Christ in the U.K. May be of some interest to some readers.

Written on February 10, 2020 at 6:26 pm

Categories: Church History

Paul’s Prison Journey—Malta, Sicily, Italy (29 Oct-8 Nov 2022)

. The apostle Paul was no stranger to prison. As he famously declared, “The Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. However, I… Read More

Written on February 10, 2020 at 12:01 am

Categories: Events

SOM 40—Wow!

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes (Matthew 7:28-29)…. Read More

Written on February 9, 2020 at 12:01 am

Categories: Sermon on the Mount

SOM 39—Sand

24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came,… Read More

Written on February 8, 2020 at 12:01 am