True or False: If we do everything right in our local church, the our people will be completely unified. I recently posted on how this statement is often misapplied to a pastoral search on the When the Word Leads Your…
Carl Trueman reflects on Ted Haggard’s new television show
Carl Trueman: A man who betrays his wife can be forgiven; but I am not sure he can be forgiven for making it an opportunity to further his career. When Haggard talks of acceptance and does it on a TV…
Where Spurgeon says the fight is won or lost
This post should help us know how to pray for our pastors. C. H. Spurgeon, as recorded in Lectures to My Students: Second Series (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1877), page 146: The pulpit is the Thermopylae of Christendom: there the…
What is the generation born from 1980-2000 like?
Dr. Thom Rainer, the president and CEO of Lifeway Christian resources, has been studying the generation (called the “Millennials”) born from 1980-2000. He and his son have a forthcoming book. In the mean time, he has shared several broad generalizations.…
See the light with an intriguing new podcast
Dr. Russell Moore of Southern Seminary is introducing a new podcast in which he interacts with popular music. Today is the official launch of my new weekly podcast “The Cross and the Jukebox: Roots, Music, and Religion.” The first episode,…
What’s the message of the Bible in one sentence?
Dane Ortlund asked 25 pastors and theologians to summarize the Bible in one sentence. Two samples: God is in the process of recreating the universe which has been corrupted by sin and has made it possible for all those and…
Cal Thomas on the President’s speech
Cal Thomas: PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERED A GOOD SPEECH WEDNESDAY EVENING AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THOSE SHOT AND KILLED IN TUCSON AND FOR THE WOUNDED AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES. THIS WAS HIS PROPER ROLE. HE EVEN QUOTED SCRIPTURE AND SPOKE…
Steve Saint and the Vision for His Wonderful Flying Car
Steve Saint, the son of martyred missionary Nate Saint, shares a vision for a flying car. HT: Betts / Franklin
CT: “Cracks in the Crystal Cathedral”
Christianity Today considers how the Crystal Cathedral pictures much of where Christianity is in North America. This past October, the megachurch prototype of the late 20th century filed for bankruptcy. A 24 percent drop in donations and a $50-$100 million…
Tim Keller: “Revival: Ways and Means”
Tim Keller: How do seasons of revival come? One set of answers comes from Charles Finney, who turned revivals into a “science.” Finney insisted that any group could have a revival any time or place, as long as they applied…