Use Thankfulness as a Weapon Against Sin In this post Casey McCall notes how sin is an act of coveting, wanting something you think you are owed or deserve. Thankfulness helps to fight the distorting

Pastor, Preach to the People in the Room Preaching is of utmost importance for the pastor, but pastors must remember that they preach to people. As Nathaniel Williams notes here, "Knowing our church members’ interests

Pastor, Your People Need the Hard Texts "When’s the last time you heard a sermon on Genesis 38? Can you summarize the story of Genesis 38? I’m sure you’re aware of the next story in

The Seductive Sin We Never Talk About "There’s a dangerous species of pride that often goes unnoticed and unbattled in the Christian life, yet it kills. It poisons relationships. It prevents us from repentance. And

Tony Merida on Preaching and Worship Here, Tony Merida talks about the goal of preaching, noting, "The preacher’s goal is to show people the beauty of Jesus, as revealed in Holy Scripture. The rapper Tupac

Election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together? As this first person reflection notes, there is probably more political diversity in our congregations than we realize. So, the way

Something Profound in Our Generation In this post, Ray Ortlund relies of Francis Schaeffer to pose a question for the church, "A nice church filled with nice people doing nice things will make no impact

The Greatest Christians and the Most Visible Gifts In this post, Tim Challies poses an important question, " I’m convinced we’re prone to make entirely too much of the most public gifts and entirely too

How Do I Become Passionate About Bible Reading? In this post, John Piper notes the importance of Bible intake for the believer remarking that Bible reading is not just an addition to the Christian life

The Death of My Son and the Birth of My Savior As mentioned a few weeks back, Tim Challies recently lost his son unexpectedly. In this post, he reflects on how Christmas this year will