One of my sinful shortcomings is that I love to take matters into my own hands. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am not... Read More

Yesterday one of my sons asked me why there were so many rainbows on the television and internet. Most of us have have seen them... Read More

Something of a naive optimism manifests itself in the thinking of many Christians in North America. Maybe this has always been the case and I’ve just begun taking note;... Read More

Having returned from the 43rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the enormous blessing–not only of... Read More

  I must have heard the words “orthodox” and “orthodoxy” in my home hundreds–if not thousands–of times as a boy. For whatever reason, I never... Read More

  Pastoral care is exceedingly complex. In seminary, our professors taught us to labor to become discriminating preachers–that is, men who preach to different categories... Read More

A number of years ago, I was having a conversation with a friend who has a fairly substantial public ministry. We were discussing the issue of... Read More

Pastoral ministry is unrelenting spiritual warfare. There was a time in Protestant history when an emphasis on spiritual warfare in the Christian life and in... Read More