Rufus Burton
Rufus Burton is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
By far the most uncomfortable pastoral work I do is with people who want help for relatives in churches that are far away. I once got a call from one such relative who had been elected secretary of a church committee and wondered how she should minute the meeting. Worse are the complaints about pastors who do things I have done. (“My brother says they don’t sing hymns everyone knows. What can we do?”)
by Rufus Burton
August 11, 2014
It's an old saw: When Protestants say “the Bible” they mean the New Testament, when they say “the New Testament” they mean Paul, and when they say “Paul” they mean Romans. I was looking forward to this opportunity to write Living By the Word. Then I received the specific Sundays I was assigned, and I confess I rolled my eyes a little. I could be yet another Presbyterian to write on Romans! I went with Romans anyway.
by Rufus Burton
August 4, 2014
Our age is tremendously excited about the visual. We have less time for words. Yet here is Paul, firm in the conviction that "faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ."
by Rufus Burton
July 29, 2014