Twenty years ago, John Piper wrote the book Brothers, We Are Not Professionals in which he pleaded with pastors to forsake thinking of pastoral ministry the way we would think of other full-time professions. Yes, the pastor’s day-to-day job includes a fair bit of administration. Yes, he must lead and organize a team of staff members….
I grew up in a reasonably competitive family. My children, on the other hand, grew up in an extremely competitive family. You might say that the parents have something to do with the level of competitiveness, and you would be correct. Both Lana and I are very competitive people. For me it depends on what…
According to the Cambridge Dictionary the phrase “What are you dying for?” carries the meaning “to be very eager to have or do something.” Some examples of how we use this phrase could be: “I’m just dying to hear what happened to you!” “I’m just dying to be on vacation!” “I’m just dying to know…
I wanted to take a moment to share something my twenty-year-old son, Logan brought up to me over Christmas break. He attends The Master’s University and his favorite econ prof had been addressing Mark Zuckerberg’s Nuevo proposal, Meta. Meta will be his larger umbrella company making Facebook and Instagram subsidiaries. It is important to say…
I have once been the recipient of a blank check. For a few fateful days I held the check in my hands, pondering the possibilities of all I could do with such a powerful gift. In reality, the check was from my parents, so there was no getting away with any shenanigans. But beyond the…
Outside of salvation, time may very well be our most precious commodity. Yet as valuable as it is, we tend to waste a large part of it. James writes that our time here on earth is very short, “yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist…
There is one thing that I hate, yea two that I cannot stand: Hallmark Christmas movies, and walking into Christian bookstores. Why do these two things bother me so much? Well, the first is obvious, and I’m fairly certain I hold the majority opinion of every guy on the planet. Hallmark movies are boring, they’re…
Like many Christians, I have been stunned and saddened to watch America so rapidly descend before our very eyes. In watching what seems a bad dream unfold I have been moved to pray how I might—as a pastor—best shepherd the Lord’s flock into an uncertain future. Therefore, I have been considering these questions: How are…
Have you ever wondered if anything you are going through or doing, actually makes a difference in the grand scheme of things? Of course, we would all say that significant events in the world, such as wars, famine, pandemics affect the entirety of humanity. Some would argue that only famous people, rich people, lunatics, and…
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