Jim Johnston is senior pastor of Tulsa Bible Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the author The Psalms: Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Crossway, 2015). He and his wife, Lisa, have four teenage children.
Dr. Voddie Baucham said that he had come "within an hour or so of death," while traveling to seek treatment in Florida after discovering last week that he was experiencing "full-blown heart failure."
As you lead in children and family ministry, it's crucial to be self-aware and to keep asking yourself questions that will help you stay on course. We often talk about having an accountability partner and that is a great thing. But it's also just as important to keep yourself in check.
"I feel like a lot of people are reading the Bible in standard definition," says Rabbi Jason Sobel, "because they don’t know how the Old and the New Testaments connect. And when you connect the dots, the Bible comes alive."