Can You Sneak Out Of Church?
You casually hear another church member’s name in discussion and you realize, “I haven’t seen [that person] in ages.” You do a... Read More
Making Room for the Mission: Discipleship and Church Planting
To be “Christian” is to be a disciple (learner, apprentice, understudy) of Jesus Christ. We watch, learn, and then imitate. Jesus’ ministry... Read More
Ora…et Labora
Summer comes to a more-or-less official end this weekend with the celebration of Labor Day. The day is not so much about... Read More
“I Do All Things for the Sake of the Gospel…”
So said Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:23. And so we must agree with him. Still, I wonder whether this verse can sustain... Read More
The End of Evangelicalism As We Know It?
Those of you who know me know that I don’t like to self-identify as an evangelical. The label has some usefulness, of... Read More
What Is Forgiveness?
In the past few months I have encountered several conflicting ideas about forgiveness in unexpected counseling situations. Nor is the confusion confined... Read More
More Neo-Kuyperian than Biblical?
Back when I was in seminary, one of my professors used to warn us seminarians to be neither “more pious than Paul”... Read More
The Displeasures of God: Shenanigans of a Christian Masochist?
We’ve been hearing a lot of warnings these last few years about the coming persecution of Christians. And a look around the... Read More
A New Devotional Resource
Church Works Media has produced a number of devotional works over the past few years. Each has a special emphasis (e.g., missions,... Read More
What Shall We Do with Moses?
A couple of weeks back Bob Jones University made the news by apologizing for statements made a generation ago suggesting that homosexuals... Read More