Are you a people-pleaser? Do you struggle with living more for the praise and approval of men, more than God? In my devotional reading this…
Too often the discipleship that takes place in our churches comes only by osmosis – if one hangs around long enough she will catch on…
Many are writing about the rapidly growing leadership crisis in America’s churches. In part one of this series, I suggested that there are two glaring…
This is my Father’s world: Oh, let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is…
Roe V. Wade lies on the brink of reversal. If you crawl out from under your rock for a moment, you can see the uproar…
“Committed to Service – Devoted to Prayer” was the theme of our 2022 South Regional FBFI Fellowship at the WILDS in Brevard, North Carolina. Our…
Previously, I described the process of intentional discipleship as opposed to the haphazard approach so many churches take (see here). A successful discipleship program must…
I am not an “expert” on the US Supreme Court, but I am a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court, a federal court…
The churches of America have entered a major leadership crisis. Many churches don’t have pastors and cannot obtain one. The number of churches without qualified…
Those three words are not what you expect to see associated together. After all, Elon Musk is not a conservative or a Christian, regardless of…
“I come from a country of approximately 18 million people, a country that lies between the two most powerful nations on the face of this…
After over twenty years in pastoral ministry, it is my observation that most people in our churches have not been intentionally discipled. Rather, all too…
My recent article, “Are We Preaching with Power?,” kicked up some responses at Sharper Iron. The discussion was positive (a rarity on the internet), and…
Jeno’s pizza, rock quarries, and filing cabinets are three items that to most people do not mean much of anything. But to me they symbolize…
“It’s just a piece of paper.” Is it really? A young couple celebrates a wonderful Christian wedding with their church family, many friends, and relatives…
A lack of hydration and increased exposure to the elements can leave a person in a dangerous physical condition. As we noted in previous articles,…
Christians are people of truth, because we believe in a God Who IS truth. Because God cannot lie, and we are to imitate His character,…
On December 31, 1999, I, along with millions of others, was watching television early in the day as the New Year arrived in far off…
When Paul preached to the Roman governor, Felix, the Bible says, “as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became…
The spirit of the new evangelicals of the mid-twentieth century was a desire to be respected by the theological liberals. R.C. Sproul Jr. said it…
