Every pastor that has wrestled with the doctrines of grace has at one point or another pondered this question: Should I tell unbelievers that God loves them? The logic goes something like this. Based upon Romans nine it seems that God elects some people to everlasting life and others he … View Post
Dorothy Sayers makes me feel like a human. Something few pastors ever do. I have been reading Creed or Chaos, a collection of her essays and the thing I love most about these essays is her courage to step all over the toes of high-horsed men who think they own the … View Post
Everyone knows that going to the grocery store is not all that it takes to feed a family. You must bring those groceries home. You need to know how to arrange them. Just as imperative is how you cook them. And if you value the finer things in life, how … View Post
And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and … View Post
People need counsel. The question is, “where will we go to find it?” The first place to start in finding counsel is the keeper of all knowledge and wisdom, our Lord. He speaks in his word and has inscripturated for us his divine counsel. Yet, he still acknowledges that sheep … View Post
I am currently working through Bruce Waltke’s An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach, and it has been such a joy. I have yet to finish, but I can already tell it’s going to be highly recommended. In chapter three he discusses the importance of explaining the … View Post
To be honest, I loathe the title of this article. We live in an age of quick-fix solutions and yet no number of tips will help you actually accomplish anything. If we want to cultivate change in our habits, we must seek more than technique. We need to be spending … View Post
The Ministry of Encouragement is Essential I didn’t realize how much I needed to hear an encouraging word in my difficult season until it came. One day after laboring in ministry for months, all heaven broke loose and I think in one day I received five random encouraging words from … View Post
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. … View Post
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as … View Post
Pastoral meetings have almost become synonymous with getting coffee. Two guys, drinking coffee and discussing the Bible or a book together. That is okay I guess. But there is a more fun and effective way to do discipleship with men. A while back, I heard a pastor talk about masculine … View Post
1) Pastor, You Are Not Alone “For they say,’ His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” 2 Corinthians 10:10 Pastor, you are not alone. You’re not the only one who has had church folk talk badly about you. Paul … View Post
