
The Theological Educator as Sherpa
Just as the Sherpa comes alongside his clients and helps organize, direct, assemble, and lead, the theological educator does the same for students.

What Did Mary Know?
How often has God told us in the Scriptures that he is good, but we choose our own golden calf?

George Whitefield's Grave
A Meditation on the Labor of Ministry
The first thing you see may be the breaker box. Or boxes of church maintenance supplies. I’m always struck by the snow shovel leaning against the wall.

Don Whitney on Neglecting Spiritual Disciplines
Series: Conversations
FTC.co asks Don Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, "What is the impact of neglecting the spiritual disciplines?"

God’s Presence Rooted in Redemption
While we may not feel the impact of silence for generations and to one day hear the news of the Messiah being born, we do have the promise of Jesus’ presence.

What It Means To Love Christ
In valuing Christ we devalue all else for this object of our love, the treasure.

Life from Death: The Upside Down Story of the Christian Life
Death marks not the end, but the beginning for the believer.

The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead
The special value of General Revelation is that it calls the believer simultaneously to praise God and proclaim God.

God Loves You, Deal With It!
His standards are the robes of Christ’s righteousness—they literally cannot be higher.

What Kind of Older Man Will I Be?
I’ve been told that becoming an older man guarantees more aches and pains. I hope it also means more hopeful discipling, and more earnest prayer. May the Lord help me.

Your Unfulfulled Desires are a Treasury, Not a Tragedy
The Bible reveals that while we are fixated on what we don’t have, God’s focus is on what we are becoming for the sake of His purpose.

Christian Theology: A Working Definition
The doctrines of systematic theology do not replace or stand over the Bible; rather, they provide definitions and summaries of certain key terms and themes that we encounter in the biblical story.

The Fruit of the Spirit
The flesh may counterfeit Spirit-fruit. But it cannot produce genuine fruit.

How God’s Wrath Equals and Reveals God’s Worth
In a world of self-justifiers and wannabe gods, the idea of God’s wrath will always be the first domino the devil tries to topple.

Debating the Historical Adam Debate
When teaching or reading Genesis 1, we should focus on the sovereignty of God in creation and how important mankind is to him and to the flourishing of the world.

God’s Wrecking Ball: A Tribute to Luther
Luther was God’s wrecking ball. He was God’s appointed servant for such a time as the Protestant Reformation.

When My Halloween Became My Reformation Day
The Stand That Saved My Soul
On Halloween night 1998 I threw a party in my apartment. I had girls, booze, weed, and cocaine. On that Halloween night, I was geared up for what I expected to be a good time. But my friend Dave didn’t respond like I expected he would.

Superman Can’t Share the Gospel
When others hear the gospel from your lips, they hear it not from one who can leap over buildings in a single bound but from one who needs grace for the next breath.

I Awake, and I Am Still With You
How is it that even while we sleep, we don’t lose our bearings concerning Christ?

Christ Over Compartmentalization
When we “accept” Jesus into our life, we give him a seat at the table. But this is not how Jesus operates.

No Fear, No Wisdom
True wisdom—biblical wisdom—is not limited to the intellect.

A Revolutionary Prayer Life
Where does the wayward mind truly go when it comes time to pray? It’s hard to say.

We Are Not Omni-Anything
All our longing for God-likeness is only wrong when we strive for it in and of ourselves.

The Gospel According to Galatians
The letter to the Galatians reminds us that the faith that saved us is the faith we still walk by and the Spirit that regenerated us is the Spirit that grows holiness within us.

Understanding the Mosaic of the Atonement
While the attributes of God’s wrath and God’s love may seem to clash to our spiritual ears, they were in perfect harmony in Jesus’ death on the cross.

Dwelling on Death
Many would rather live it up now and use the party they create out of their life as a sedative numbing them to the certainty of what lies ahead in death.

Tolerance Trouble
When you hear of new appeals for tolerance of sinful behavior in the churches, remember that this is not a nascent problem, but the old Corinthian problem revived.

The Gospel According to David and Bathsheba
I am transformed from a person who balks at King David’s selfishness and short-sightedness into a person who bawls alongside of him.

You Are Not Hidden From God
If the Lord who counts every star came down from heaven to die in your place when you were his enemy, is it likely that he has forgotten you?

The Christian, Art, and Rediscovering John the Baptist
Just as we appreciate the skill of a spectacular soloist, or an elite athlete, or simply a brilliant coworker, we can appreciate the work of an artist.

What It Means to Be a Christian
The essence of Christianity is the believer’s union with Christ.

The Uncomfortability Of Others’ Suffering
There can be a temptation to put believers who are suffering in a petri dish, watching to see if they grow evidence that will confirm our doctrinal beliefs without making us too uncomfortable in the process.

Bibliology: What The Bible Is and Why It Matters
As God’s revelation to man, the Bible comes with binding authority.

Revival and the Book of Nehemiah
If you are not content with a Christianity characterized by minimal devotion to God, Nehemiah is your book.

A Rubbish Redeemed
Because He is the Master at creating a brand new something from a pile of nothing, He saw what we could become.

The Way to Greatness
Jesus commands humility from us but he does not leave the humble man hanging!

When Bible Study Goes Wrong
The Bible is preoccupied with the Messiah and we must be as well.

Jonah Couldn’t Get Away
Jonah fled because he knows that God is compassionate and loving, eager to forgive sinners.

A Stolen Unity
I made a disjointed relationship into a convincing substitute for true unity.

There Should Be Two of Us
A Lament for Loss and A Look to Hope
We share a couple of things in common besides our name. One is a dark reality. The other is a greater Truth.

Father, Help Us to See
Father, help us to see that you are at work through us for the advance of the gospel.

He Must Increase; Our Churches Must Decrease
Thoughts on The Desire for Revival
There is one thing that the churches experiencing historic revival have in common: they seemed overrun with the sense of the glory of God.

But You Are Holy
God desires us to run to Him with both the things that bring us joy and the things that bring us pain.

Words For The Widowed
In this fallen world permeated with sin and death, even adopted children of God may taste the bitterness of loss.

Thankfulness Always: Reflections on Five Years as Provost
Because God is good and he does not change, there is a reason to be thankful, to God, for God, always.

The Fear-Driven Life
Lessons from Genesis 12 on God's Most Frequent Command
The more bored you are with the things of God, the more vulnerable you will be when difficulty comes.

What A Bloomless Tree Taught Me about Trusting God
We may not always understand why the Father prunes the way He does.

The Wittenberg Door of American Evangelical Missions
It is good and right also to consider the impact of a group of praying students, heirs of Wittenberg themselves, on the modern missions movement of global gospel proclamation.

Is Your Calling Causing an Identity Crisis?
If all else were stripped away—your career, your earthly relationships, your plans—your identity as a beloved child of God would still remain.