My Sister, Cancer, Death, and Satan’s Lies
“Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O, death, where is your sting? O death, where is your victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55) For years I sang songs in church about death and its ultimate defeat
Around the Horn (April 5)
Destroying the Divide Between Pulpit and Pew How do we define ministry? Is ministry relegated to those that garner their income from a church? Benjamin Quinn argues that every Christian, no matter station in life, is
Preaching About Race: Keeping the Big Picture in View
About the time I received the request to write this article, a pastor contacted me through social media with some questions. They were sincere and humble questions he had as a white pastor about race
Dads: Preparing Your Kids to Be Courageous Adults
In parenting seminars, I will often ask dads to estimate how often in a year they tell their children to be careful and safe. Once they settle on an estimated number in their mind, I
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Goodness of the Cross
The cross of Christ, instead of issuing in disgrace, is followed with glory. His friends learned to glory in it; yea, and to glory in nothing else: and well they might. It was glorious to
Around the Horn (March 29)
Church Planting Hinges on Easter If Christ was not raised from the dead church planting makes no sense, according to Dayton Hartman. The resurrection is the message that God is victorious over the brokenness of
No Matter How Bad Things Get, We Have Baseball
Major League Baseball Opening Day. Just typing that phrase makes me feel a bit better. I mean it. Mentally and physically better. I cannot sufficiently explain the way the game is good for my soul,
Preaching is Indispensable
Preaching is not optional to the life and health of the church. A church that does not emphasize and value preaching is not simply a different style church, it is an unfaithful church. J.I. Packer
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on Politics and the Gospel
The struggle between religion and irreligion has existed in the world in all ages; and if there be two opposite interests which divide its inhabitants, the kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of God, it