Spiritual leadership requires guts and grit. You have to be tough to lead. Consider the biblical example of Titus. When I left the corporate world and went to seminary, I pictured spiritual leaders as clean cut guys in starched white…
7 Items We Pray Our Graduates To Always Remember
“Yesterday” — as seen in the picture to the right — our son Benjamin stepped onto the bus and started kindergarten. This weekend he graduates from high school. Below is what I pray Ben and his classmates remember. Congratulations 2016…
My Study Window
You have a chance to look in my study window. This invitation goes out to anyone, regardless of whether or not you attend The Red Brick Church. I will be available in my study 7:00PM – 8:15PM on 1/21, 28,…
Jesus’ Ethic Not So Much Ascetic as Athletic
The oft quotable F.D. Bruner interacting with Matthew 6:19-21 in Matthew: A Commentary. Volume 1: The Christbook, Matthew 1-12 writes (page 321): Jesus does not quash ambition; he elevates it. The Christian is to be ambitious, passionate, acquisitive, enterprising —…
Remembering Dr. and Mrs. Beals
For those who knew Dr. Paul and Vivian Beals, it is easy to understand why Jesus said that Christians are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13). Dr. and Mrs. Beals encouraged seminary students and their spouses for decades –…
Will Power – A Story of Character
Watch this one and you’ll “wrestle” better today.
Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King as We Consider Ferguson
Perhaps, people who are talking past one another can agree that what we need right now are leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King brought together a number of elements that gave real hope. And hope is what we…
Experiencing the Good Hand of The Lord On Our Ministries
From Ezra and Nehemiah, we learn that when local churches move forward in ways that are: (1) Shaped by the Word (2) Drenched in Prayer (3) Accompanied by hard work, God’s people can expect to experience his good and strong…
For My Children’s Sake, I Wish Our Whole Congregation Would Listen
I wouldn’t expect everyone from our church to read a new book by Barnabas Piper. There are so many books to read. But it would be great if many in our church would listen to this podcast of Barnabas being…
10 Lessons Seminary Never Taught Me
I was 10 for 10 on this list. Posts such as the one below are favorites on web sites these days. Usually, when I read such lists, I relate to about half of them. But Jeff Robinson’s experience is pretty…