Leaders As Hosts
Series: Pastoral Hospitality and the Health of the Local Church
Editor’s note: This article is part two of a four-part series. Access the full series here. In the first post in this series, I noted that God is hospitable. The Lord’s hospitality to Moses and Israel’s leaders in Exodus 24 stops careful readers in their tracks. What a God! He is holy but personal. And […]
Work and Worship
If Adam had a business card, it would have read “Gardener.” Nothing exciting there. And yet the words God used to describe his job are anything but ordinary.
The Gospel for Ministry Quitters
In the pastoral ministry world, we sometimes get the impression from the Bright Minds Among Us that only losers quit. Well, maybe so. But Jesus came for losers.
The Gospel of Genesis 13
We need the Jesus who loves us in our Genesis 13 moments and our Genesis 12 moments.
Love Covers Shame
We should note that in all the Bible's words about reproof and rebuke and discipline, the Bible never says to "confess one another's sins."