Why should a pastor use all his vacation time each year?
I will not suggest how many weeks of vacation you should be given by your church. Instead, I intend to answer this question a bit differently.
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How do I know if my child is a Christian?
Your child does not get a visible mark on her forehead or a stripe on her back when she comes to Jesus, so you have to talk, pray, and discern.
Four keys to reading (and teaching) the Psalms
Let us give praise to God for the Psalms and praise him with the Psalms.
Do James and Paul disagree on grace and works?
In the beauty and completeness of God’s Word, Paul and James teach complementary, not contradictory, truths.
Spurgeon’s advice for a Christ-centered vacation
The best kind of vacation involves a restorative encounter with Jesus
4 Questions you should ask before joining a church
If you can answer in the affirmative these questions, it is a good possibility you have found your next church.
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.
Praying for Southern mission teams
A Bible, passport, some gear and a change of clothes. That’s about all Southern Seminary and Boyce College students need as they venture out to support missionaries serving throughout the world.
Five terrible reasons to become a pastor
I’ve seen too many people in vocational ministry fail to launch.
This summer, read two old books for every new one
We asked a few faculty members to recommend one new book and two old ones in the same category for summer reading.
How to remember the Bible passages you memorize
I know this might sound like a lot of effort but it is worth every second to have God’s word stored up in our hearts.
Hope for the weary preacher
Father, as I preach, guide me in truth. Protect me from error. Show them he’s true. Let them taste of his beauty.
Should I go to seminary?
Wouldn’t it be easier just to stay put and read a little more?
Parents and children: Read the Bible every day
I literally don’t remember not reading the Bible every day. Here’s how it happened.
Give your church the multivitamin of evangelism
Evangelism has a way of nourishing the church in so many ways.
DNA of a Christian work ethic
Christians ought to be marked by diligence, integrity, and eternity in their work.
Blessing the bereaved: Jane Kratz turned her grief into ministry
After losing her husband to cystic fibrosis, Kratz committed herself to helping others deal with their own grief.
Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention
Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention by Jarvis J. Williams and Kevin M. Jones, editors. (B&H Academic 2017, $24.99) He had hardly left the church parking lot on the way to a missions and evangelism conference when an elderly and active lady in my father’s Southern Baptist congregation uttered the first…