If I sound a little harsh, it’s because I’ve been to both the jail and the nursing home today and it has again helped me have a better perspective as a pastor. This qualification in mind, let me suggest a…
What We’ll Miss the Most
We need to savor ordinary family life at home and at church. It will quickly be over. If you haven’t noticed the pastor’s family is growing up. Our oldest, Allison, is wrapping up her junior year and Mary Beth, our…
Consider China and Be Thankful for a Place to Worship This Sunday
Reading this story about the persecuted church in China may encourage you to pray for believers in China even as you’re thankful for a dry place to worship this Lord’s Day. Christianity Today: The global media spotlight has recently centered…
Eat Together
Eugene Peterson explains that the dinner table provides soil in which seeds can germinate. As we live and give witness to Jesus to our children and whoever else, we are handing out seeds, not pearls, and seeds need soil in…
More on the connection between joy and “koinonia” / “fellowship”
If you are not actively investing in the lives of other believers within the Body of Christ, you will not have a full experience of joy. Yesterday, I argued that Paul often speaks of joy in connection to relationships with…
A controversy about Hell may melt the Internet
A theological controversy covered by CNN (see here) demonstrates how dialogue is changing in the age of the Internet. Justin Taylor has questioned Rob Bell’s views on Hell – – and an exponentially growing discussion has ensued. Controversies such as…
Read this WONDERFUL chapter
Read 1 Corinthians today. If you make it no further than verse 6, it will be time well spent. Meditate on all 58 verses and you will have had a wonderful day spiritually. Feel overwhelmed by its 58 verse length?…
Trevin Wax: Should we baptize small children?
My position on this issue is remarkably similar to Trevin’s. How should a pastor respond to a child who wants to be baptized? How should churches approach the subject of child baptism? Two centuries ago, few Baptists would have even…
Should Christians tithe?
Andy Naselli summarizes an answer to this question from theologian Thomas Schreiner.
We’re Not What We Were
Read Titus 3:3-8 or Ephesians 2:1-10 and then watch this video. And, by all means, if you’re in San Antonio and looking for a church, then check this one out. HT: Z