We spend lots of time talking about how to start church membership well, but we should also be discussing how to leave a church well. Here’s an excerpt from the Epilogue to the church membership book I wrote called, EACH PART WORKING PROPERLY.
Read MoreJohn Newton’s life is a spiritual, gourmet grocery store, and author Tony Reinke spent several years selecting and preparing for us a splendid meal. It’s called Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ.
Read MoreAn excerpt from the Introduction to the church membership book I wrote called, EACH PART WORKING PROPERLY.
Read MoreI’ve been writing a series of posts designed to help those looking for a job in Christian ministry. This is a continuation of the series, as well as background on why it’s important.
Read MoreI’ve been doing a blog series designed to help pastors find the right job in a local church. Here is the next installment of that series.
Read MoreThe Joy Project by Tony Reinke was released earlier this week. You can download the book free of charge at Desiring God. Here are nine of my favorite passages in the book.
Read MoreI love Chipotle. I love chocolate. And I love authors who use words well. This week I read something that helped me appreciate all of these, and I think you should read it too.
Read MoreRecently, I posted several articles designed to help pastors find the right job in a local church. Over the course of the next month or two, I have 15 more tips that I will share in subsequent blog posts (three tips at a time). Here are the first three.
Read MoreA poem to celebrate that, in the gospel, we have far more than amnesty.
Read MoreA book review of TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD by Kevin DeYoung. As the subtitle suggests, it’s a great book to remind us that God’s Word is knowable, necessary, and enough—and practically why all of this matters.
Read MoreOne of the most important things a candidate can do during the hiring process is ask good questions—lots and lots of good questions. To get you started, here are 101 of them.
Read MoreThis is a continuation of my previous post on the topic.
Read MoreFinding a job in pastoral ministry is challenging. Here are a few tips to help candidates stand above the masses in the initial stages of a job search.
Read MoreWhat would it be like to watch a movie that didn’t have a musical soundtrack? It wouldn’t be as powerful, that’s for sure. Consequently, it’s the same with ‘the words we say’ and ‘the lives we live’—they go better together.
Read MoreToday, there are so many books being published about the Bible and sexuality, and especially about the Bible and homosexuality. In many ways, this is a good thing. But there is also a downside: it’s hard to know which books are the most helpful.
Read MoreA book review of WHO IS JESUS? by Greg Gilbert, a helpful book for consideration of the most important question you’ll ever consider.
Read MoreA punchy quote from commentator Dale Ralph Davis about the conquest of Canaan.
Read MoreA quote from D.A. Carson about keeping the main thing the main thing, and why doing this matters.
Read MoreLast week, my church gave me the chance to attend a writing conference. This is my ‘thank you’ letter to the pastor-elders at my church. In the letter, I share a few of the things I learned.
Read More
