Let me guess what is going through your head right now. Women: “Oh, wonderful, a discussion on modesty. Give me a minute while I prepare myself for another legalistic diatribe that tells us we have to dress like old-fashioned grandmas…
Amy and Julie live next door. They have a golden retriever, a backyard flock of chickens, two adult children from previous heterosexual marriages, and extensive PRIDE paraphernalia perennially decorating the front porch. Ten years ago, they were living in a…
It behooves every minister of the Gospel to not only warn his congregants that the pale horse and his rider, Death, will one day arrive and carry away every soul but also to help his congregants prepare well for…
We are a people who want things quickly and easily. We have moved from dial-up internet to immediate access to the world’s information in our pockets. We grow impatient when our devices lag, embrace the microwave and the instant pot,…
In 2005, Al Mohler published a very helpful essay entitled “A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity,” wherein he draws upon the use medical triage in hospitals which allow them to quickly evaluate and make decisions regarding order of…
To what end has God given his church pastors? Certainly we can say that one end is that faithful under-shepherds shepherd the sheep well! That is, pastors are given by God to help church members know, love, and follow Jesus…
It has attained the status of a Christian motto: “Attempt great things for God.” Some people are surprised to learn that these words aren’t in the Bible but were spoken by the pioneering missionary William Carey. As disciples of Christ,…
On his first missionary journey Paul said something startling to the believers in Derbe. He said, “[through] many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”[1] Nearly twenty years later, toward the end of Paul’s life, while in his last…
I was recently driving with my young daughter a few days after she publicly professed her faith in Christ. She asked an important question: Not everyone who says they trust in Jesus stays faithful to him. How can I be…
One passage cherished for Advent reflection is Isaiah 9:6. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,…
