Pastors

3 Ways Busyness Hurts People and Churches

This research experiment conducted by two Princeton psychology professors shows the harm busyness does to our priorities and our focus. Because the experiment was conducted on seminary students, it is very applicable to ministry leaders and churches.

From the Books to the People

William Still explained that the world of books is meant to intersect with the world of people. He wrote, “We must not live in the world of books but in the world of real people. Yet all that is worth saying to them of lasting value comes from books.”

Short Skirts and Angry Deacons

Three key factors every follower of Jesus should consider about church discipline today.

Time-Tested Tactics for Fighting Temptation

"Temptations are humbling providences, they are rods of correction and Instruction, that wean us from all kind of self-confidence..."

What Is Lent and How Should I Observe It?

I walked through my first Lent in 2004. I had been raised and later ministered in a church that didn’t observe Lent. While Lent was all new to me, it is not new at all for most Christians in history or in the world today.

Laziness & Prayer Do Not Go Hand in Hand

Perry Noble: God did not just call us to pray about His will but also to participate in it.

Three Lessons from Simon the Magician

Last Lord’s Day in our congregation we were confronted by the unsettling figure of Simon the Magician in our series in the book of...

Free eBook: Commentary on Exodus

A critical and exegetical commentary on Exodus.