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

The Scriptures are full of typological recapitulations to help us better grasp the Person and work of Christ. The principle of theological recapitulation occurs by a series of creation-fall-redemption... Read More

  If you have spent any amount of time reading books or articles, or listening to lectures, about the ministry of the great Jonathan Edwards,... Read More

A friend recently said to me, “I don’t deserve the life I have. Years ago I was wandering from God out in the far country... Read More

The term “small group” (or its many variations) carries almost as much baggage as the word “missional.” It means many different things to different people. Some... Read More