When My Old Testament Became Christian "Furthermore, did I rightly see that God designed the whole Old Testament to move us to magnify the Messiah, savoring Jesus as the climax of Old Testament history (Mark

Are You a Good Chef with Your Words? "Our world glamorizes and gravitates towards the big moments, the big events, the wins with numbers. There’s nothing wrong with these, but anyone who does something worthwhile

The Joy of Singing with Jesus "The Psalter (the five books of psalms) centers on the figure of the Davidic king and is incomplete without the presence of “great David’s greater son,” the Lord Jesus,

“All Sunshine Makes a Desert” "When life is going well, we can get complacent. People who get everything they want and have everything just the way they like it sometimes start to feel entitled." Let

The Most Dangerous Thing a Christian Can Do In this blog post, Tim Challies points out that the must dangerous thing a Christian can do is quite subtle, which is why it's terrifying. Afraid of

Rules for Preacher’s Conduct This post was written over 250 years ago by Isaac Watts, but still has relevance for preachers today. The Pursuit of (Which) Happiness? "The question of which kind of happiness we’re

Wisdom is Work "The mature are those who have powers of discernment, trained. The wisdom to tell the difference between true and false, right and wrong, wise and foolish, requires training." How Pastors Can Glorify Christ, Every

The Splendor of His Queen In this post, David Mathis draws upon both Old and New Testaments to show how the church reveals the mystery of Christ and his splendor. The Universal Experiences of Preachers

Pastors Can Lead Well by Preaching Well "Because of the expectations to lead . . . it’s tempting for the pastor to spend far too much time in organizational strategy and far too little preparing

The Importance of Self-Leadership "Both historical and contemporary sources place a high value on this work of leading ourselves well. Consider Charles Spurgeon’s observation on this point: “We are, in a certain sense, our own