the waiting country

The true purpose of the historical study of the New Testament…is not to reveal what isn’t there in the text, but rather to focus our eyes pr...

Lack of Regret is Not Repentance “[A major] theme in emerging adult culture [18-23 year olds] is that they very much  want to profess to hav...

Why is there winter in Narnia? Engaging essay by Nick Nowalk.

Shared space: useful in church life? The ideas of ‘shared space’ and ‘loose reins’ have ramifications for church life, too.

Healthy” or “Sound” - 1 Tim 1:10 Bill Mounce on the helpfulness of ‘healthy’ as a translation and the use of medical metaphors in the Pastor...

What Good Shepherds Don't Do | Leadership Journal Skye Jethani making the point that “Christ’s sheep need a shepherd. They already have ...

All Used Up A very pastorally-astute and compassionate article by Ed Welch.

Consider Not Setting Goals in 2013 This is a thought-provoking article - not church-oriented but still applicable. Also of interest to schoo...

What does James have in mind when he speaks about looking in the mirror ( James 1:23 )? Is he wanting us to see our sins and come away from ...

Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God’s majesty. Jo...

The Holy Spirit formed it to be a colony of heaven in the country of death…Church is the core element in the strategy of the Holy Spirit fo...

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...