How To Be Lonely (To The Glory Of God)
No matter how severe our loneliness might be, it can never surpass the loneliness of Christ crucified.
Becoming Your Grandchildren’s Church
When God’s people gather together for worship, the next generation’s eyes are wide open.
God is Not a Time-Hacking God
As modern life runs ever faster on fiber optics and high-speed internet, redemptive history continues to load thoughtfully, pensively, and slowly.
Enjoy the Work, Not Just the Results
Jesus' work on the cross was empirically a failure, but invisibly, it was redemption's greatest success.
Real Knowledge in an Age of Facebook Friends
Pastors, let your church know they should listen to your sermons with one ear to the pulpit and one ear to the heavens.
Spiritual Help For People Who Lack Self-Awareness
The human spirit, to be healthy as God intended it to be, cannot veg-out inside our bodies with its feet kicked up.
Being a Young Pastor is Hard
Writing about the difficulty of pastoral ministry probably won’t ease the difficulty of pastoral ministry, but it will remind us that God has matured us more than we have measured.
The Trap of Young Adulthood
Lord, have mercy if our churches are borrowing strategies from the cult of “the next thing.”
The Un-Millennial Church
Maybe the best way to reach young adults, and by reach I really mean attract, transform, and equip, is to plant and lead un-millennial churches.
Jesus Talks Behind Your Back
Can you hear Jesus advocating for you before the throne?