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,

The Importance of Preaching God’s Severity According to John Owen "There are some sins or degrees in sinning that neither the holiness, nor majesty, nor wisdom of God can so bear withal, as to suffer

How the Resurrection Fills Your Life with Meaning, Purpose, Happiness, and Hope Here Patrick Schreiner writes, "If you reject the resurrection, then none of the following things can be true. However, if you believe in

You Can't Love the Church in the Abstract In this article from Christianity Today, we see how the congregation is the place where Christianity is concretized. Matthew Lowe writes, "With real people, parking lots, budgets,