Everyone should read C.S. Lewis. His wisdom is timeless and his journey of faith is beneficial for the Christian mission. His intellect and ability to communicate are a gift to the church and his ministry continues many years after his death. He is not only a Christian writer, he is a fantastic writer who happens …
Luke, one of the other pastors at Malvern Hill, and I argue often. We do not have the kind of arguments that lead to anger (usually), but the kind of healthy arguments that make us better and we hope help us to serve our church more faithfully. Recently we were discussing an upcoming round of …
Several years ago, I was involved in an email discussion about sermon evaluations. A friend and fellow pastor was inquiring about how to do a more effective job at sermon evaluation in his context. Here’s how I responded, “I use a sermon outline with a central question (I creatively term it The Big Question or …
Earlier this week I took time to listen to a short video on sermon preparation featuring Bryan Chapell, Mike Bullmore, and Alistair Begg. The entire video is worth your time if you are a preacher or a teacher of the Bible. It was Alistair Begg’s summary of sermon preparation that jumped out at me. As …
Recently, my son had a bad dream. It was a really bad dream, the kind that he talked about the next day and that had him scared to go to sleep the next night. I knelt by his bed with him as he recounted the details. There was a witch, a creepy forest, scary kids, …
3 Common Traits of Youth Who Don’t Leave— My wife (Angela) sent me a link to this article. Notice that the first and most important trait to be considered is the spiritual state of our students. Christians persevere. Our first goal must be to see our students saved. Two Questions that May Greatly Improve Your …
A Chilling New Front in the War on Religious Liberty— Denny Burk writes on an issue we should all be informed about. Why would the ACLU and gay rights groups remove their support for such a measure? Because the current form of the bill provides an exemption for religious employers. The ACLU et al. have …
Sustainable Preaching— This is the first in a series of posts by Dan Doriani on creating a sustainable preaching model in your church. This series looks promising. Not your Stereotypical Pastor’s Wife— Kathy Keller granted an interview about her ministry at Redeemer. The last quote is fantastic, “Devoting myself to the support of Tim’s ministry …
Find A Way To Stay— “And it’s the same in our marriages. Our eyes find what our minds tell them to find. If we’re looking for things that upset us, most of the time we can find them. On the other hand, if we’re looking for good things about our marriages, we’ll find those as …
Although we feel always joy in the declaration of God’s Word, yet we have known what it is to totter on the pulpit steps, under a sense that the chief of sinners should scarcely be allowed to preach to others. Ah! beloved, I do not think he will be very successful as a minister who …