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What are we to do when we find the preaching to be deficient in the local church to which we belong? For some church members,... Read More

God’s providence is among the most mysterious and perplexing realities in the Universe. Ironically, many pass themselves off as being quite proficient in reading God’s... Read More

A friend of mine, who has pastored the same church for 35 years, has made the observation that much division, discontentment and discord in the local church... Read More

Over the years I’ve developed something of a preoccupation with theological compilation volumes. Though such volumes generally only undergo a single printing (only to be forever lost in... Read More

When I was a teenager, I had a conversation with my mom about parents leaving their children an inheritance. At some point in that conversation, my... Read More

Over the years, thoughtful pastors and teachers have raised a litany of warnings about the dangers of making the online ministries of preachers a replacement... Read More

The local church is the sphere of God’s promised spiritual blessing–the place where Christ shepherds His people through His word, sacraments and discipline. It is through... Read More

The question concerning the relationship between the believer and indwelling sin is one of the most theologically difficult to navigate. On one end of the... Read More

I recently listened to one of the fathers of our denomination speak about the “ups and downs” that he was experiencing in ministry. This man had... Read More

John Piper’s Brothers, We Are Not Professionals is one of the books that pastors in the Western world would do well to read annually. In that... Read More