One of the greatest joys of my nascent pastoral ministry came around the holiday season. Our youth staff had been hammering, fruitlessly it seemed, for …

Last week my newsfeed was filled with two very different kinds of posts (once you took out the baby pics and cat videos): Type 1: …

On Friday, December 12, Sir Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings will debut in theaters nation-wide. The film is Hollywood’s latest attempt to turn the …

Like most thrills, this post is short. The video was originally created to portray the psychology of drug addiction. Yet it’s amazingly accurate at capturing the psychology …

I want a well-prepared heart for thanksgiving this year, maximizing the benefit for me and my family. So I sat down to think it through …

If you paid any attention to the now, essentially-completed culture war over gay marriage (we did not win, by the way), a great fear has …

The Bible calls itself “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12); it professes to “enlighten the eyes” and “make wise the simple” (Psalm 19:7-8). So it shouldn’t …

What does it mean for a Christian to be sanctified or set apart “wholly,” as in “spirit, soul, and body” (1 Thessalonians 5:23)? A lot …

“Only one thing to it: a strong stomach …. That’s politics.” ― The Marriage of Figaro So, what if the Republicans win back the Senate? The polls …

My wife and I recently had a marital first: we attended a Couple’s Retreat simply as a couple (and not as pastor and wife). I’ll …