When Christians Hurt You
As the culture war rages on, there is another battle raging to which we must turn our attention. When I was a... Read More
Gospel Motivations for Gospel Ministry
Competitiveness is the companion of quality, right? After all, that seems to be true of the role of competition in health care, technology, transportation, sports,... Read More
Teachability
One of the great goals, to which each of us should aspire in our short lives, is that of becoming a teachable... Read More
Jesus Loves the Rich
Many people have a conception of Jesus that is–to put it as bluntly as possible–substantively deficient. Many envision Jesus as the prototypical religious... Read More
Did God Ordain Evil?
Throughout human history, men have wrestled with the problem of evil. The question, “How can a good and holy God allow evil to exist... Read More
When They Walk Away
I recently had a friend tell me how distraught she was over the fact that someone she had been discipling wanted to... Read More
Picking Up Sticks in the Service of Jesus
One of the perennial problems of the fallen human condition is that men and women love to serve when there is respect,... Read More
7 Ways to Care for Your Wife
In that extremely complex and, at times, hard to understand section of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, we come across... Read More
Singing the Mediatorial Praise of Jesus
“What sort of God must He be who commands His people to sing joyfully to Him from the heart?” That was the... Read More
Reestablishing Ministry Goals
The longer I have been in ministry, the more I have found the ancient Latin proverb to be true: Repetitio mater studiorum est (i.e. repetition... Read More