Posts in category Ministry

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 …

“We can’t plant a church there. We don’t have sponsorship and funding to do things for people to get them to come to church. No …

Is it legitimate to use Jesus and the accounts of His ministry as a pattern for cross-cultural missions? If a missionary understands that following Jesus …

“Our Scripture reading today is from Galatians 1:6–10,” the deacon behind the pulpit mumbled. Even as the pages rustled, the minds of the congregation wandered. …

When Baxter arrived, there were streets where only one family would worship the Lord on Sunday. When he left, there were streets where not one …

Turning 50 hit me hard. Somehow, it felt a lot different than turning 40. “Over the hill” felt pretty much the same as any other …

“How does the gospel apply to your struggle?” This is one of my favorite questions to ask in discipling conversations. More often than not, however, …