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

Don’t Preach a Christmassy Christmas "It is easy to preach Christmas in a Christmassy way. You know, quaint and familiar cliches that smell a lot like an other-worldly fairy tale. It will have beautiful scenes

Social Media and Expert Culture Social media can be used for good or equal for ill. Sadly, we can allow it to affect us for the ill. As Jason Thacker notes, "Whether it is confidently

Nose-to-Tail Preaching "The growth of consumeristic culture in the West, along with pastoral ambition to appear successful, has applied market pressures to create churches perfectly designed to cater to an audience. Just as the gore

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Revisiting the Prophetic Work of Neil Postman Referencing Neil Postman's prophetic work, in this post, Casey Chalk notes, "Thirty-five years ago, New York University professor of communications Neil Postman predicted the