Practical Theology

This post was originally published here on January 21, 2014. Many college and seminary students are either preparing for another semester of...

I do intend to finish my series on Matthew 24:36–41, but I am taking a break for this post. First, like Nebuchadnezzar’s...

Church Works Media has a helpful resource for pastors and those who plan worship services: a topical list of hymns In a...

In recent months, I’ve written about marriage and parenting advice “from a dead guy” (i.e., John Chrysostom, c. 347–407). In this post,...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Parenting Advice from a Dead Guy.” In that post, I introduced Eastern church...

Eastern church father John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) is best known for his eloquent sermons (more than 700 are extant), wherein he worked...

There are more reasons for pastors to visit the mission field than I’ve listed so far, but I’ll stop my list with...

So far, I have suggested that visiting the mission field does wonderful things for a pastor’s knowledge about missions and his zeal...

In 1999, I had the privilege of accompanying a missionary on his survey trip to Tanzania. I had been overseas before, but...

Perhaps you’ve wondered before: if God already knows all things and knows what we need, why should we pray? Even more, if...