gospel change in the Great Plains
pastoral craft
Child dedication
Resources for child dedication from a gospel-oriented perspective.
Pastoring as action or reaction
I face a question nearly every single day. It is not a verbal question clearly articulated by a live human being. It is not a theoretical question that I have heard discussed among practicing pastors. Instead, it is an insistent and insurgent seed of doubt that lurks throughout my typical day of pastoring. It is More >
What is a pastor?
The biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered before God week after week in towns and villages all over the world. The Holy Spirit gathers them and does his work in them. In these communities of sinners, one of the sinners is called pastor and given More >
No Reputation
My friend Ben Norvig introduced me this past week to an article that should make most of us professing Christians take a second glance at our priorities. Unless we are oblivious to our hearts. Or already arrived.
…who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be More >
Which Bible?
Which Bible version are you reading from?
Here’s a picture of the Bible I most commonly use, the ESV Study Bible. I also use a smaller ESV reference edition. This Bible is well-made, easy-to-read, and feels very solid.
The best way I can describe the English Standard Version in practical terms is that it offers a readable More >
