The Long View of Preaching "Every preacher prays for a positive response to his efforts. If we’re honest, we’d rather like to see that response sooner rather than later. It’s encouraging to hear from people

Courageous Pastors or Overbearing Leaders: How Do We Tell the Difference? "This generation needs courageous pastors. Every generation does. Shepherds are charged with guarding and protecting the flock of God from harm, and there’s plenty of that out

Pastor, What Do You Preach to People Who Can’t Get Their Act Together? With this post there is both a video and transcript from Ray Ortlund and Sam Allberry answering this important question. God’s Ordinary

How Spurgeon Got His Congregation "Spurgeon regularly reminded his people that evangelism isn’t just for pastors. Rather, all Christians—men, women, and children—are called to proclaim the gospel wherever the Lord places them. So many testimonies

Headlines: Winning Like a Loser (and Losing Like a Winner) In this post, Benjamin Quinn makes the case, "Whether it is a team or an individual sport, sports demand perseverance and grit to be successful.

Dear Pastor . . . Your Leadership Is Needed in the Pulpit Commenting on expositional leadership, Scott Pace and Jim Shaddix note, "While preaching is not the only thing you do as a pastor, it

Three Reasons the Old Testament is More Important than You Think In this post, New Testament scholar Michael Kruger, while not confronting objections, offers important frameworks for why the Old Testament is important. Three Lessons

The general charge which Christianity gives to its adherents: “These things write I unto you, that ye sin not.” This is to repress presumption. This is the bearing not only of the writings of John,

Danger of Being a Sermon Critic Tim Challis starts this post stating firmly, "There are few habits that are easier to establish and few habits that are easier to foster than the habit of critiquing

On Being a Heroic Man Here Tim Challis urges, "The reality, though, is that few men will ever commit the kind of acts they have so often pictured in their dreams. Few men will ever