Want to Know Your (Spiritual) Family’s History? Then Read What They Wrote
While we may grasp the need for running to Scripture as the source for our faith and practice, where are we looking for our family history?
Discipleship
SBTS alum’s new book addresses “discipleship disease” in local churches
We have a discipleship disease in the local church. We have adopted a philosophy of ministry that sees discipleship inside the local church as optional, not necessary.
Episode 25: Robby Gallaty discusses his radical salvation and ministry of discipleship
In the season 3 premiere of Pastor Well, Dr. York sits down with Robby Gallaty (senior pastor, Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN) to discuss his radical salvation and ministry of discipleship.
Why our Sundays should center on sermons
Preaching is the overwhelming witness of Scripture as the means of communicating the words of God.
Battling panic in the age of coronavirus
Will we trust in Christ or will we get swept away by panic?
7 reasons to avoid church discipline (and why they’re all wrong)
Many Christians have opposed church discipline for understandable, albeit uninformed, unbiblical, and misguided reasons.
Five reasons you should read the whole Bible in 2020
Every student of the Bible, particularly those who are charged with teaching it, should commit to reading it in a calendar year.
What does godly encouragement look like?
Don’t underestimate the impact your encouragement might have in someone’s life.
Is Christian education safe?
A college or university can be a very unsafe space. But perhaps not for the reasons you think.
You need friends, especially in ministry
One of the great sources of spiritual strength is Christian friendship and fellowship.
Here’s why we must never preach legalism
Legalism always produces two kinds of people: Those who know they do not measure up to God’s standards; and those who pretend that they measure up to God’s standards.
What are involuntary sins and how should we deal with them?
Our responses flow from somewhere — from the deeper realities of the hearts we’re stewards of. We are stewards of the deeper realities just as much as we are of the surface expressions.
Give yourself to the discipline of learning
A hunger to learn the Word of God, the ways of God, and the will of God expresses a hunger for God himself.
Messy lives don’t appear on Facebook
Only a life fully exposed to God’s Word and soaking in the community of Christ can bring to light the mess our social media feeds seek to avoid, and properly develop our growth in Christlikeness.
What the Bible Says About Leading Difficult People
Annoyance is not an attribute someone can possess; it’s a response we have.
How to pursue self-control (without being a legalist)
To have self-control is to fight temptation and put sin to death. Not just one day, every day. Not just one hour, every hour.
Dealing with disappointment to the glory of God
Disappointment is a gauge of how a person perceives his life—what he believes about it and wants from it.
Jesus calls you to hate your family. Here’s why
Our Savior to calls us to love him supremely—even if it costs our lives. No matter what, it’s worth it.