For some time most of these books have been of little use to me except to hold dust and to look good.

Part six of a six-part series, What Makes a Great Preacher?

My encouragement to you is that if you are presently in your Bible college or seminary education, do not study for a passing grade. Remember now why you are studying God’s word.

Christians are people who live on promises. We grow by promises. We are sustained by promises. We please God by trusting His promises.

The Pharisee brought all his religious currency to the market and found that his money was no good there.

I’d been a pastor’s wife for less than a year when I began preparing my exit strategy . . .

Of course we should be glad when any purveyor of smut shuts down or suffers a setback. But we should not delude ourselves. The culture of porn is financially rich and dangerously addictive.

Relating to the idea of Jesus can make you a smarter Christian, a nicer Christian, a more religious Christian, but it cannot make you a deeper, more joyful, or more authentically Christlike Christian.