A fantastic and extremely helpful article by Tim Keller that everyone needs to read. Here’s the start: The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for 1) the numerical growth of the Body of Christ in any city, and 2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of the existing churches […]
What is a Gospel-Centered, Missional Church?
A great article at the new For the Church Website. Here are a few excerpts: What is a gospel-centered, missional church? Simply put, a gospel-centered missional church is one that recognizes that: Authentic heart-transformation cannot happen apart from the gospel; AND Culture is not the enemy of the church; rather it is a broken treasure God […]
5 Questions on Faith and Doubt
Barnabas Piper’s new book Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt is Not the Enemy of Faith releases July 1st. In the weeks leading up to its release, he is interviewing several people on questions of faith and doubt. Today his interview with me is up. The five questions are: What does “I believe, help my unbelief” mean to […]
God is Much More Secular Than We Often Think
John Piper, in The Pleasures of God: God has an interest in all our nonreligious life. All our business transactions are his concern. God is not so distant or even ‘religious’ that he only cares about what happens at church and during devotions. Every square inch of this earth is his and every minute of our […]
Jesus is Not Customizable
Well said by David Platt in Follow Me: In Matthew 7, Jesus expose our dangerous tendency to gravitate toward that which is easy and popular. Hear his warning: Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the […]
Where Theology and Sports Collide
Today TGC has a TGCVocations interview that I did with Kurt Earl, founder of Compete4Christ. Kurt is a teacher and coach who has done incredible thinking on how the gospel applies to coaching and athletics. Check out the interview, as well as Compete4Christ, to get a taste of his thinking. And, of course, as a huge Patriots […]
Learning from the Heroes of the Faith — Especially Old Princeton
This is an interview with Gary Steward, a good friend of mine going all the way back to seminary and author of the just released Princeton Seminary (1812 – 1929): Its Lives and Leaders. I highly commend his book for everyone! How did you get interested in Old Princeton? While I was a student at South Dakota […]
Made to Flourish: A Pastor's Network for the Common Good
This is a guest post by Ben Stafford, a program associate at the Kern Foundation. Ben has an incredible understanding of the relationship between faith, work, and economics, and the role pastors need to play in helping build up the church more fully in a robust biblical view of vocation. How might pastors affirm the […]
MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Do We Still Believe These Things Today?
A few weeks ago I read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It’s reputation is deserved. His understanding of justice, and ability to articulate it, is absolutely incredible. Here are a few of its key portions, summarized with some headings. And then at the end I have a few reflections on whether those who […]
Sam Storms on Insecurity in the Pastorate
Sam Storms, from his post What I Wish I’d Known: Reflections on Nearly 40 Years of Pastoral Ministry: 10. I wish I’d known about the destructive effects of insecurity in a pastor. This is less because I’ve struggled with it and more due to its effect I’ve seen in others. Why is insecurity so damaging? […]
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