Posts in category Ministry

Two policemen and an army general filed into our living room after hailing us from the gate, and two fully armed guards remained at attention …

Have you ever debated in your mind how it could be that desiring rewards for our obedience to Christ truly glorifies God and is not …

Have you ever heard one teenager say something like this to another teenager? “If I ever have kids, I’m not going to raise them like …

In John’s vision of the seven-year tribulation before Jesus’ second coming, an angel declares a powerful message that provides us with the core elements of the …

Have you ever heard the story about D. L. Moody’s resolution? The famous American evangelist from Chicago made a commitment to God as a new …

“It’s lonely at the top” ~ songwriter Randy Newman “Loneliness is the penalty of leadership.” ~ explorer Ernest Shackleton “Loneliness is a required course for leadership” …

I strongly identify with soldiers and law enforcement officers. While I have no experience with either vocationally, I feel a kinship with them. Their stories …

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 …