“Some leaders will only have people in their inner-circles who pander to their need to feel superior. They do not want people around them who disagree with them or speak into their lives. These leaders continually fall for flattery which opens a huge door for satanic deception.”   By definition, a narcissist is a person... Continue Reading

“Our Book of Church Order is the fruit of the wisdom of generations of Presbyterian reflection and experience. The PCA’s BCO traces its ancestry to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1789), which is indebted to earlier Scottish Presbyterian reflection on the church’s government.”   To most people, saying that... Continue Reading

“Stress is a fascinating aspect of human life. It’s both destructive and motivating. It can sneak up on us and linger for what seems like forever, even never going away for some. Stress affects some far more than others, and we all handle it differently.”   My chest felt tight and I couldn’t catch my... Continue Reading

“The idea that a lost world of paganism, bubbling under the thin veneer of Christian practices and traditions that had supplanted–even copied–it, had become firmly rooted in popular culture.”   In the late nineteenth century, a Cambridge scholar sat at his desk and wove a brilliant story about comparative religious practices. “ALL over Europe,” he... Continue Reading

I like to sprint. I sometimes find myself falling subject to the tyranny of bigger/faster. Many years ago, a friend and mentor, told me, “Ministry is not a sprint; it’s a marathon.” How right he was!   I was always better at sprinting than running long distance–back in the days when I actually ran…in high... Continue Reading

“While most Americans grant the Bible unique status, and most churchgoers think of it—to some degree—as a book from God, confessional evangelicals believe the Bible is much more than that. We believe it is God’s Word.”   Recently, I found myself in front of a group of Christians fielding questions about the nature of Scripture—what... Continue Reading

“I want you to say how helpful you have found my ministry. I want you to blog that my new book Zeal without Burnout has been helpful to you! I would love you to wave it in front of your congregation and say it is the best thing you have ever read on the subject.... Continue Reading

“Too often churches are marked by the tread of mavericks racing over them along their eclectic joy rides that prove more eccentric than ecclesiastical.  Warfield cautions us to yield to our more trustworthy systematic theology.”   It is not uncommon for our church to receive protests for being careful adherents to the historic Westminster Standards;... Continue Reading

“The church needs a similar, doxological education. We need to expect kids to participate, to sit (reasonably) still for a little while (and love them graciously when they can’t), to stumble through the words and sing the notes as best as they are able.”   I recently ran across this article by Tim Wright called “Sunday... Continue Reading

“Even apart from the same thing happening in the US and the UK, it’s not too ­difficult to imagine a human rights tribunal with time on its hands finding against a Christian school, or even a church, that has the bigoted temerity to require of its members, staff, and clergy that they actually believe the... Continue Reading