7 elements every worship service needs
As worship leaders, what we believe about God must always determine how we lead our churches.
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Take up your cross, put down your phone, and follow me
5 tips to follow Jesus in a hyper-distracted world
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.
Questions you’ve always wanted to ask about the Reformers
Luther did not set out to start a new movement what he saw was that the church needed to be reformed not only in its morals, but also in its doctrine.
Luther’s timely discovery of a merciful God
Church history professor Michael A.G. Haykin takes you to a critical moment for Christianity. For a German monk, it was decades of spiritual struggle in the making.
6 habits every aspiring missionary needs today
Whenever someone tells me about a desire to serve in missions, I want to affirm this wonderful calling while also tempering their excitement.
The Reformation Isn’t Over
Despite claims to the contrary, critical doctrines central to the Protestant Reformation continue to set it apart from the Catholic Church.
Luther’s Battle for Sola Scriptura
At the center of the Reformation was a robust theology of the Bible.
Here We Stand
Eight ways the Protestant Reformation continues to shape evangelicalism — and Southern Seminary
Abandon the Reformation, abandon the gospel
Does Reformation theology matter today? Absolutely. It is tempting to think of the Reformation as a mere political or social movement. In reality, however, the Reformation was a fight over the gospel itself.
2 lies every pastor’s wife needs to stop believing
Ministry wives, you’re going to make mistakes, but the perfect and holy God provides his strength through my weaknesses, which far outweighs any pastor’s-wife-concocted perfection or friendship scheme that I can devise.
Are the Five Solas Biblical?
Since the solas are true to Scripture, all Christians in every generation ought to remember, embrace, and proclaim them
How can I know that my child is saved?
While we are not God and cannot see the heart, certain evidence can help us discern the legitimacy of a child or teenager’s profession of faith.
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.
How to deal with a church disrupter
5 strategies for dealing with members who disrupt church unity.
The best way to defend the gospel is passing it on
We preserve the faith by passing it on. We defend the gospel by making disciples.
5 tasks every pastor needs to do today (and every day)
Pastors must never tire of preaching Jesus. Pastors do not preach the words of men. They do not preach themselves. They do not preach their own wisdom or man-made techniques. They preach Christ and Him crucified.
Hospitality is not an optional ministry
Ministry is hospitality, and hospitality that is more than an event. It is simply the Christian way of life.