christianity

And then, alas, there is the church. Christianity, as it currently exists, has done damage to masculinity. When all is said and done, I think most men in the church believe that God put them on the earth to be a good boy. The problem with men, we are told, is that they don't know how to keep their promises, be spiritual leaders, talk to their

I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there, so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed. The

The expertise that commentaries bring to bear on a particular passage is at one moment their greatest benefit and their greatest danger. The mixed blessing is evident in the two types of pastors who will never make great preachers: The first will not listen to what others say; the other will say only what others say.

The satisfaction of pleasure (hedonism) rules the day, as we move from one taste to the next in a perpetual search for more. Sex trafficking, the porn industry, and the Walmartization of America are driven by the same impulse: to find meaning and significance in the satisfaction of our unfettered desire. The world is now a “vast storehouse of

The character and compassion of a minister more than the characteristics of the message preached determine the quality of the message heard.

When fruitfulness is our criterion for evaluation, we are held accountable but not crushed by the expectation that a certain number of lives will be changed dramatically under our ministry.

No advantage of an outline weighs more heavily, however, than the credibility its organization grants a preacher. Organization not only promotes the communication of a message’s content (logos) but is also a vital indicator of a pastor’s competence and character (ethos). “This preacher is so disorganized” is a deadly assessment of any preacher’s

The Father invites a man, his image-bearer, to partner with him, walk with him, trust him, depend on him, and align with him for more. First on the agenda is redeeming the man’s past, which is also where the early days of training begin.