the waiting country

The decline of fascination and the rise in ennui I often find Seth Godin stimulates thought about ministry, albeit unintentionally. His conc...

Leaders Tell the Truth Al Mohler on leadership and why he’s written a book on it.

thanksgiving and gratitude Matthew Lee Anderson writes really well and thoughtfully. His latest piece on Thanksgiving is no different.

Wasted Kindling (Seth Godin) You could apply this to thinking about pastoral ministry.

The Joy of Sects (Carl Trueman) Carl Trueman ruminates on reactions to the CofE vote on women bishops.

There is a gap between our love for the gospel and our love for godliness. This must change. It's not pietism, legalism, or fundamentali...

Preparing to speak on Jesus' 'sermon on the plain' in Luke 6. It's hardly a model to follow by today's standards of what...

The point of this post –and Schnabel’s point–is not to overstate Paul’s strategy. For the most part he didn’t have one. He went where peopl...

There is always a sense in which every minister must finish his life's work in the same position as Moses: on top of Mount Pisgah, overl...

Kevin deYoung has an interesting piece here on numbers in church (people, not the OT book). It includes some helpful observations by Leslie...

Well, sort of... Seth Godin identifies that most issues are both simple and complex and, somewhere along the line, nuance is necessary. Sub...

OK, I'll admit that sounds rather grand, so I'll come clean and humble: it's a self-published book, available on Kindle only (do...

Why not? Well, the Bible encourages you not to do so. And now science is chiming in, too... Their take-away point? "S leep strongly ...

In this interview , John Dickson was asked about how to effectively engage the broader culture. His remarks, although pertaining to Australi...

(from this article by Peter Leithart, on the Song of Solomon) The Song helps us relearn what nearly every civilization before ours already ...

This piece might be all you need to convince yourself it's a valid, pastorally-wise, humanity-enhancing activity. And it is.

This is a helpful insight into how the experience of stress in the life of a pregnant mother can have ongoing implications for her child in...

One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you're in the room... Another is to be the sort of person who is missed when you're n...

Apparently, memory loss begins earlier than previously believed - can't remember where I read that, mind you.....

Doing something nice for someone else often leaves people feeling good about themselves and positive about their place in the world. But doe...