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Seminarians study and write papers. But when it comes to being ready for ministry, one qualification usually remains the most elusive: experience.

When people look at us, do they see a people gloriously uneasy in this world because we’re longing for another?

Spurgeon called the 3 R’s “three doctrines that must be preached above all else,” and they draw from three different chapters of Scripture that “deal with the things in the fullest manner:” Genesis 3:14-15 (Ruin), Romans 3:21-26 (Redemption), John 3:1-8 (Regeneration). Why do I think it makes a good preaching or evangelism method? Because each of…

What if you miss something bigger than missing out on a sermon or singing when you don’t gather with your church body?

Many of us struggle to connect the dots between what happens on our college and university campuses and God’s mission in the world.

Church revitalization leaders should be consummate students of risk-taking.

The pages of Scripture overflow with the doctrine of uncomfortable grace.

Annoyance is not an attribute someone can possess; it’s a response we have.

Do you shrink back from saying what you believe to gain the praise of others?

His words rang in my ears for days and triggered a few nights of nocturnal unrest. “What were you expecting in the pastorate? You’re not in seminary any more and this church isn’t filled with your seminary buddies. You’re in the real world now, son.”

Is your church a centrifuge for gospel ministry? Are believers compelled out from the safe harbor of Christian fellowship to engage our unbelieving world? Many American churches today are an evangelistic cul-de-sac, lots of believers gathering in, but very little gospel going back out in gospel propagation. Instead of evangelistic DNA woven through every aspect…

Evangelism needs to be undergirded by a theological reflection on just what it is we are doing and why since, as R.B. Kuiper puts it, “Evangelism has its roots in eternity.”