Five Words in a Known Tongue "God has raised up people in local churches whose job it is to translate the indecipherable verbiage of the scholar into the language of the people. It is pastors,

Engaged but Not Alarmed "How, then, should Christians engage the news? We should not look away as though the sufferings of others do not matter. But neither should we consume every crisis, dispute, and controversy as

The Ruinous Hatred of Flattery "“Subtle” sins of speech like flattery can be more dangerous than the obvious ones because they don’t tend to register on our radars like other sins do. A temper tantrum

How to Avoid Individualism When Listening to Sermons "It may sound strange at first, but if you want to transform the way you hear sermons, stop listening only for yourself and start listening for your

7 Tips for Getting More out of Sunday Sermons "What if we opened our Bibles each Sunday expecting a taste like honey and a treasure like gold (Deut. 32:47; Ps. 19:10)? What would it look like

Love God with All Your Imagination In this post, Kathryn Butler notes, "Beyond offering mere childish entertainment, stories shape minds and hearts, linger in the imagination, and depict virtues that we can grasp, savor, and

When Helping Hurts in Pastoral Counseling In this post, Casey McCall notes, "In such a context, the role of pastoral counseling often gets confused with the role of the therapist. These two things, however, are

Serve the Meal: Why Preachers Must Trust the Word "At its heart, preaching rests on a theological conviction: God has chosen to work through His Word. Scripture is not merely information about God; it is

Musings on Additive Value In this post there is a section on image bearing and how we should add value in the place in which we find ourselves. It is insightful and worth the 5

Shipwreck Your Ingratitude This post talks about how living a "shipwrecked gratitude" can transform our lives. Five Points in My Pain: How God’s Sovereignty Comforts Me "Yet here I am, afflicted with sores and scars, increasing pain,