A book review of Mark Vroegop’s excellent book, Dark Clouds Deep Mercy.
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Reflections on the timeline and meaning of Good Friday.
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A few reflections on pastoring at our church for five years.
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A video about 8 helpful “How-To” books from Sojourn Network for local church ministry.
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Author and pastor Dave Harvey offers thoughtful questions to evaluate the health of an elder team.
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I recently did an interview with Jeremy Linneman about how churches can grow effective small groups.
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Sojourn Network has recently published several helpful ebooks for Christians and church leaders.
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Good leaders ask good questions to teach.
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All things being equal, no one wants to worship the living God in an ugly building. If the stars proclaim his handiwork, so should church architecture.
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I’ve written a discussion guide for Tony Reinke’s book The Joy Project: A True Story of Inescapable Happiness. You can get it here free of charge.
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Peter C. Craigie wrote, “The wilderness makes or breaks a man; it provides strength of will and character.” But what he means by this is not what you’d expect.
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Tracking how much a pastor works is difficult. Here are a few thoughts about how I work out some of the issues.
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An interview I recently did about the pressures on couples as they prepare for weddings.
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Several years ago, I wrote a hymn about three men who came face to face with God: Job, Isaiah, and Peter. I’d love to share the lyrics and the audio recording with you.
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This is my favorite piece of stand-up comedy. It comes from Brian Regan. It’s brilliant commentary on our human condition: we love to talk about ourselves.
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Recently, our director of music, Ben Bechtel, put together a “map” to help our church choose worship songs. I thought it was so helpful, that I asked him if he would let me share it on my blog. Hope you like it too. This is Part II of II.
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Recently, our director of music, Ben Bechtel, put together a “map” to help our church choose worship songs. I thought it was so helpful, that I asked him if he would let me share it on my blog. Hope you like it too. This is Part I of II.
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Talking about the difference between “consumer” and “covenant” relationships is a helpful way to get at the deeper meaning of marriage, that is, the gospel.
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Over the years, I’ve attended a number of men’s retreats, even helping to organize a few of them. But I’ve never been asked to be the main speaker for one—until now. Recently, my former church asked me to speak at their retreat. It’s coming up the first weekend in August.
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If you’ve been to a Christian bookstore recently, then you might have been overwhelmed by the amount of stuff there. That’s why two weeks ago our church launched our own bookstore. We filled it with 25-30 Christian books that were handpicked by our elders and staff. Here’s our list.
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