Why legalism destroys churches and kills Christians
The law as a guide to salvation is a terrible taskmaster.
8 reasons the resurrection matters more than you think
Do we, in our drive to make everything gospel-centered and cross-saturated unintentionally underemphasize the final miracle in the doctrines of grace?
Do I have to join a church to be be a Christian?
Your soul needs more than information. In a local church, your preacher is also your pastor who can know you, care for you, and help you.
When should pastors let members leave?
As pastors, we must lovingly guide those whom God has placed under our care to steward their privilege of church membership well.
5 things your kids need to know about death
Our kids need to be prepared—in age-appropriate ways—for life in a world captive to sin and death.
Two Scripture passages every pastor needs today (and every day)
Pastor, meditate on these texts to nourish your faithfulness and silence your anxiety.
This is why I love teaching my kids about the Reformation
I want them to know the gospel is everything. I want them to know defending the Bible is dangerous, but worth the risk.
Don’t waste your leisure
Scripture clearly forbids laziness, but does not forbid leisure time. After God finished creating the world and everything in it, he rested.
5 Baptist theologians every pastor should read
Brother pastor, if you haven’t read deeply and widely in the Baptist history canon, put these giants atop your reading list.
5 things every new pastor needs to remember
I cannot improve on Paul’s words to a young elder named Timothy but based on Paul’s writings I offer five lines of encouragement for you.
Six reasons you should attend the SBC Annual Meeting
I want to encourage pastors, students, and future pastors to attend the SBC for at least six reasons.
God does extraordinary work through ordinary means
When we use God’s ordinary means, we get God’s power with them.
Lessons from God’s school of waiting
We pray in hope, and then we wait on the Lord to answer.
Preach holiness, for we are not frightened enough
God is holy and we are not, yet that seldom frightens us into action.
I am a sinner preaching to sinners
I am not worthy to be a minister, but Christ was worthy for me. I do not and will not measure up, but Jesus perfectly measured up for me. The gospel is true for God’s people in the pew and it is true for me, his herald, as well.
10 questions to ask a pastoral search committee
Don’t leave the interiew before asking these ten (often-forgotten) questions.
How do you shepherd a dying and divided church?
A pastor should first come in, love them where they are, earn their trust, then break the news to them of their current state.
Should I leave my church? 8 critical questions
No doubt, there are other questions that may need to be asked, but some of these helped me make this solemn decision.