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I just listened to forty sermons on the same passage. I teach expository preaching in the Middle East and East Africa, which means hours of …

In cultural analysis, some values loom like black holes—the entire constellation of cultural values and concerns orbit around a single, dominating principle. And for North …

Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear a tragic story with haunting similarities: another pastor destroying the church that he loves so much …

A tale of two pastors Once upon a time, there were two pastors. Both genuinely wanted to help their people follow God’s will for their …

“Write it down! You don’t really know what you believe until you put it in writing.” So said one of my mentors early on in …

I’m no leadership guru. I’m not even a leadership junkie. Most of the reading I’ve done on leadership has been for academic research. Or to …

The word syncretism isn’t in the Bible. It refers to mixing two things together that aren’t meant to be mixed, resulting in something entirely different. …

You are mowing your lawn, staring up at the sky, biking down the road, or lying on a lawn chair, or trying to go to …

The entirety of the Pastoral Epistles is really an extended discussion of the qualifications of elders and their duties toward God’s people. Limiting our understanding …

Any discussion about the qualifications of pastors/elders must begin with 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. These two significant passages provide lists of character qualities …