Mohler interacts with an Atlantic Journal cover story which seeks to demonstrate among other things that boys are not as motivated to get an education as girls. I quizzed my teenage son and daughter about whether girls are more motivated…
God shines in all that’s fair
I understand that the pictures linked to here will not be of interest to many who read this blog – – sort of like being invited over to see vacation slides – – but, the primary audience I target is…
Counseling 101: Learn from Newhart
Meet the American Family, Digitally Deluged
Al Mohler: The Campbell family of California just might be the prototypical American family of the future. Kord Campbell and his wife, Brenda, recently moved to the the San Francisco area from Oklahoma, along with their two children, Lily, age…
How you can help your pastor
Thom Rainer shares how church members can help their pastors. I heartily agree – – including the one below about sharing unnecessary or last minute announcements right before the pastor preaches! I know. Pastors aren’t perfect. But they do have…
A good place for motivation to begin
As a pastor, I come back to the question of motivation often. Why should someone give up their Sunday morning and come to church? Why should someone be baptized? After all, if we did not know about baptism, is not…
Florin Trifan shares how he came to Christ in communist Romania
One of my sabbatical highlights was watching the below video on my computer while in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Trevin Wax: In Holy Subversion, I briefly recount the conversion story of my father-in-law, Florin Trifan. Bro. Trifan was a Communist party member…
Why I repeatedly say, “Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation” to the Bricks
The people in our flock know that I repeatedly stress the storyline of the Bible in preaching to our church. This is a summary of “Biblical Theology.” Zach Nielson, with the help of Graeme Goldsworthy explains why this is so…
Giving a reasoned defense of the faith
Our church was blessed this summer to hear Mike Wittmer preach. Mike recently posted some of his interaction with a skeptic. In so doing, he models “presuppositional apologetics.” If that wording throws you off a bit – – just read…
Rudyard Kipling’s, “Recessional,” “Lest we forget”
God of our fathers, known of old– Lord of our far-flung battle line– Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine– Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget–lest we forget! The tumult and…