Our personalities, aptitudes, dispositions, and so forth will shape the how but not the what of our ministries. We are to “fulfill our ministry” regardless of the inner characteristics God knit into the fabric of who we are.
Dr. Packer is now safe in the arms of his dear Savior, but what the writer of Hebrews says of Abel’s legacy of faith will be true of Packer for years to come: “though he died, he still speaks.”
True community is never found by looking for it. It can only be found by pursuing Christ. He understands loneliness better than we do.
When praying the Bible, our primary activity is prayer, not Bible intake. Bible reading is secondary in this process. Our focus is on God through prayer; our glance is at the Bible.
Pastor, help your people see when it’s time to go to war and when it’s time for diplomacy.
Considerate pastors understand what they are inheriting before people stop introducing them as the “new pastor.”
Evangelicals have been debating manhood and womanhood for decades, and the conflict shows no signs of subsiding.
John of Damascus (676-749) is a model for how rich theology fuels Christian evangelism.
To suggest that an author other than Moses wrote Deuteronomy 34 by no means undermines Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch or the inspiration of Scripture.
The Christ who died and lives forever and ever tells Christians to Fear Not.
One of the best decisions I have ever made for the benefit of my family and ministry has been to commit to a day off every week.
Confessions of faith should function as guardrails, not a straightjacket.
We all hold systems of theology that are prone to particular doctrinal deficiencies.
In the spirit of trying to encourage the effective use of illustrations, here are eight places to look for them.
Only by God’s kind, saving, and sanctifying grace can anyone attain the characteristics, competencies, and commitments of a faithful missionary.
Minister that word and do not rely much at all on the “mechanics” of what you read from.
Denying the perseverance of the saints has absolutely devastating consequences.
A missionary’s only hope is found in Christ and in his providential and sovereign work in the world.
