Fellow pastors and dear brothers seeking to be a pastor, the calling of a pastor is not intended to be the glamorous road so many make it out to be in our modern day.  You will not be rich.  You will not be appreciated as you should.  You may do great harm to your family if... Continue Reading

People can live without considering some doctrines (such as eschatology), but I wonder if this is similar to living without a leg. You can do it, but it’s not best, and your overall functioning will be disabled. We may be more aware of certain organs in our bodies (such as our skin, or our lungs... Continue Reading

Not only is there a legitimate debate about the effectiveness of the treaty to begin with, and not only will the potential negative implications disproportionately affect the rank-and-file evangelicals the NAE purports to represent, but the treaty’s failure in the Senate is practically assured. The NAE has fallen into the same bad habit that continues... Continue Reading

If progressives are so afraid that the “wall of separation” between church and state is being dismantled, why are they not balking at the federal government’s conversion of the black church into a sub-agency of Health and Human Services? There are so many questions to ask about this odd church/state relationship. Given the fact that... Continue Reading

Maybe you’ve had a bad experience in a church. Maybe you were let down by a pastor or disillusioned in some way and now feel like you want nothing to do with church. There are some churches you should leave – if they don’t preach the word or they tolerate sin. But don’t give up... Continue Reading

Choose the biblical standard. I have plenty of personal preferences, but these are not equal with biblical precepts. As a mentor, I see God sanctifying me as I sort out what He values and realize that not everyone applies the principles in the same way.  For example, I would rather bake in my kitchen for a Session meeting than... Continue Reading

Preaching, teaching, training, shaping, serving. Instead of shrinking and fading away, the Billy Graham influence actually grows through the years. And wherever it goes, it tends to produce—even from skeptics—a sense that it is well done.   The Billy Graham organization has a reputation for doing things right. But partly because the Graham family activities... Continue Reading

 I was not interested in an event-driven youth ministry but one that revolved around the teaching and prayer and relationships formed on a designated night each week. Yes, we would go to camp and have some events but the anchor would be a midweek Bible Study. I sold them on it but they were skeptical... Continue Reading

What surprised me the most was that churches entered bankruptcy saying they owned a building that was worth significantly more than they owed on it: an “equity cushion.” Most businesses that enter Chapter 11 are hopelessly insolvent; they have debts three times what they own. Churches look a lot different. I was surprised to find... Continue Reading

When, through faith and repentance, the scales fall from our eyes, when our hearts of stone are changed by God to hearts of flesh, not only do we acknowledge what we have always known about God in and through creation, but God’s special revelation — His Word — more fully details His majesty and glory... Continue Reading