The Invitation of Envy The Bible is not naïve about the brokenness of the world around us. It doesn’t describe life according to our wishful thinking. No, it describes and matches life as it truly is. Proverbs 1:10–19 is a clear example of this. The passage is blunt, realistic, and disturbing because it shows how […]

When Weakness Meets the Call There are moments in church life when a man feels both the weight of the task before him and the weight of his own inadequacy. I know those moments well because I experience them often. I know what it’s like to stand off to the side before a service begins, […]