5 Reasons I Love Being a Pastor
Series: Pastoral Ministry Collection
Being a pastor is difficult. I remember my mentor in ministry telling me when I was in my early twenties that if I could do anything else, I should do that. He warned me there would be days that I wished I was working in any other sort of job. He was right. But I […]
The Missing Ingredient In Too Many Marriages: Joy
Like cupcakes that are missing sugar, there are too many Christian marriages that are missing a key ingredient. This missing ingredient in too many marriages doesn’t mean it’s not a marriage, just as a cupcake missing sugar doesn’t mean it’s not a cupcake. But neither “tastes” good. When we realize that what is at stake […]
The Secret to Loving Your Wife Better: Love Jesus Better
I recently heard somebody say that one of the ways to endure well in ministry is to realize that ministry is not about you, it’s all about Jesus. The same is true of marriage. When you embrace that marriage is about Jesus first, and you and your wife second, one of the secrets of a […]
To My Friends Who Are No Longer Friends With Jesus
To my friends who are no longer friends with Jesus: I want you to know that if I am aware of you walking away from Jesus, I have prayed for you and even cried for you. A couple of years ago I was reading The Last Battle from C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia” to […]
5 Reasons I Love Being a Pastor
I know that God is always doing a million things and that we are usually only aware of a few of them, but as a pastor, I literally get to see God’s invisible hand working out his plan for his glory and his people’s good every week.
The Voice That Raises the Dead
The first words that your resurrected ears will hear are Jesus saying to you something like, arise–come out of that grave!
Autumn and the Beauty of Death for the Christian
Series: Beholding and Becoming
Death for the Christian is beautiful because it brings us to the place we were made for.
Brothers, Preach Your Heart Out — No Matter How Few People Are in the Room
The value of preaching is in Christ himself. His supremacy over all things makes all preaching valuable, whether it’s to 30 or 3,000 people.
Love Your Wife Like Jesus Loves Her
Know that when you love your wife like Jesus loves her, the foundation of your marriage is strengthened, Satan is defeated again, and Christ is lifted up for more to see.
Three Ways a Pastor and His Wife Can Stay in Love
When I am closer to Jesus, I am closer to my wife. I mean truly closer to Jesus, in my heart, not just thinking I am closer because I am doing the right things.