Five reasons you should read the whole Bible in 2020
Every student of the Bible, particularly those who are charged with teaching it, should commit to reading it in a calendar year.
Andrew J.W. Smith
Six ways the cradle points to the cross
The good news links the Christmas story with Easter and shows how one is incomplete without the other.
What does godly encouragement look like?
Don’t underestimate the impact your encouragement might have in someone’s life.
How much doctrine does one have to know to be saved?
Asking about the minimal level of doctrinal knowledge a Christian must have is dangerous if one is trying to get out of believing the whole Bible. But if it is asked humbly, the answer is a sweet reminder that, as the old adage goes, the gospel is shallow enough for a child to wade in and deep enough for an adult to swim in.
Balancing people and place in missions
Jesus commissions his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. That command necessitates focus on both peoples and also places.
‘For he is our peace’: The centrality of the gospel of Christ in racial reconciliation
Only the gospel of Christ can solve the problem of racism. Only the gospel can assure us that in Christ there is hope for reconciliation with God, and with one another.
New book dives deep into Andrew Fuller, the pastor
Andrew Fuller is a voice from the past that is worthy of befriending.
Does Paul want husbands and wives to ‘submit to one another’?
The pattern for a husband’s headship is Christ’s headship over his bride — the church.
The Christian sexual ethic is going to be the dividing line — and not just because of Christians
Many Christian leaders have been warning for some time that the issue of Christianity’s sexual ethic is going to be a dividing line — that it would be a Reformation-like moment that would lead to dividing denominations, tearing asunder friendships and unity in its wake. That is no longer speculative.
Biblical narrative is ambiguous (and why that’s a good thing)
The next time you get frustrated with those biblical authors for making their stories so hard to understand, remember: God did it for a reason.
An Overture for New (and Returning) Seminarians
The fulfillment of your calling is not just a future possibility. The fulfillment of your calling to ministry is something you are responsible to pursue and demonstrate in the here and now.
Perseverance of the saints demands church discipline
Church discipline can be the mechanism for inspecting the genuineness of conversion.
What your elders wish you knew, but are reluctant to tell you
The joy of serving as an undershepherd of the Chief Shepherd is all the greater when shared with other called and qualified men.
Letter to a pastor struggling with his call to ministry
I can assure you that you’re not the first pastor to wrestle with the question of whether you’re really called to pastoral ministry.
Is Christian education safe?
A college or university can be a very unsafe space. But perhaps not for the reasons you think.
4 strategies for dealing with textual variants in your preaching
If you preach long enough, you’ll encounter textual variants. Here’s what you should know when you do.
How to identify a biblical pattern for worship
Every time believers assemble in God’s name, we participate in a heavenly reality. So, we should order our assemblies by the divine pattern God has given.
Don’t assume Scripture’s view of gender
Gender will become a wedge between this generation and the Word.