Bible people don’t want to say more or less than the Bible does "I think many of us are very quick to baptise and sanctify our applications, assuming the form of what we do is necessarily what

In the Middle of the Greatest Story "Sometimes it’s hard to imagine you’re actually in the right story, like maybe you stumbled into someone else’s story. Have you ever felt that way- that the story

Grow in Contentment Through Worship “ 'In every circumstance, I have learned to be content.' The implication of the word “learned” is that it was not always like this for Paul. He grew in contentment

The Resilient Leader "I learned lessons in leadership from playing rugby. One of them was that fitness in sport is about recovery rate. Fitness is not just how fast you run and how hard you

Preach to Comfort and Disturb "Pastors are men atop a watchtower. They keep awake, while others sleep. The Holy Spirit has placed them there to oversee the church. They scan the darkness; they have a

Dear Pastor . . . Let Christ Preach In this post, Sam Allberry notes, "Even though there’s a part of me that has wanted to be a more dynamic communicator, I’m glad I don’t have

It’s Worth Saying Again: You Need Repetition Here, Trevin Wax notes, "Surely we don’t want to become the people described by Jesus—honoring God with our lips while our hearts are far from him. But this

Get Behind Me, Sluggard "We may prefer to keep the sluggard at a distance, to view this lazy creature only through binoculars or zoo glass. But somehow, he finds a native habitat in every soul,

Is There a Difference between Courage and Christian Courage? In this post, Joe Rigney discusses the importance of the animating principle that sets Christian courage apart from other forms of courage. God’s Good Design of

10 Tips for Preaching Students "As a new semester begins at Bible colleges and seminaries, many students look forward to taking their first preaching course. Some have no preaching experience and hold the syllabus tightly