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DNA of a Christian work ethic
Entitled, lazy, obnoxious, and presumptuous — words that should only describe a cat, never a Christian. The believer’s work ethic should be nothing short of exemplary. Yet many of the worst workers...
View ArticleParents and children: Read the Bible every day
I literally don’t remember not reading the Bible every day. Here’s how it happened. I’m told I started reading fairly early, reading Dick and Jane books sometime before my fifth birthday. But while I...
View ArticleWherever he leads, I’ll go . . . will you?
My prayer In my family church where I grew up, we often sang the hymn, Wherever He Leads, I’ll Go. In my mind, I think I actually meant the words when I sang them. I can clearly remember the mood of...
View ArticleHis Mercy is More
Live recording of "His Mercy is More", a powerful new congregational worship song by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa. Filmed and recorded live at Providence Church in Frisco, Texas, with worship leader Matt...
View ArticleFour keys to reading (and teaching) the Psalms
Stretching from the time of Moses (Psalm 90) to the exile of Israel (Psalm 126 or 137), the Psalms as we know them—150 songs ordered in five books—took a long time to write. So, how do we read them in...
View ArticleHow do I know if my child is a Christian?
God tasks parents with the holy calling of raising our children, “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” In this our greatest task is to help them understand the Gospel so they might trust in...
View ArticleSix stages of a dying church
It’s not a pleasant topic. But if we don’t talk about dying churches, we will act like there are no problems. As I wrote in Breakout Churches, the first stage for any church to reverse negative trends...
View Article5 Baptist theologians every pastor should read
A few years ago, I had a friend depart Baptist life to join the PCA. When we discussed his rationale for the shift, it became clear to me it had less to do with views on baptism than it did theological...
View ArticleWhat we can learn about Martin Luther from his hymn writing
Early in his efforts to reform the worship of the church, he expressed in a letter to his friend Georg Spalatin, “Following this example of the prophets and fathers of the church, I intend to make...
View ArticleHow do you do family worship?
Book Giveaway this week: Giveaway entries Three syllables is all you have to remember, read, pray, sing. Read the Bible, pray together and sing together. Now, I think I can substantiate these from...
View ArticleFear not! 8 steps to leading an evangelistic church
Christians struggle to evangelize unbelievers for the same reason criminals struggle to find policemen—most are not looking for one. Instead of pursuing others with the gospel, we cocoon ourselves with...
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Hidden Idols: Unseating the idol of performance
I’ve been around Southern Seminary as a student, a professor, and now as dean of students for long enough to notice patterns. There are certain sins that people in our community struggle with most,...
View ArticleWhy community can’t be the most important part of your church
You can learn a lot about a church from its website. Not long ago I researched a church in another state, and I could tell it cares about community. From the small groups offered to the pictures of...
View Article5 simple ways to get young students excited about old hymns
When I came to my church several years ago, one of the biggest fears from current members was that I would try to “go contemporary.” Some were okay with the idea of adding a second contemporary...
View ArticleA Practical Philosophy of Beauty: Dialoguing with Scruton and Wolterstorff
Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is a brutal, graphic, and disturbing portrayal of man’s ability to use art to critique the actions of his peers, to inform a blinded public of their sins, and...
View ArticleThe Everlasting God
I had not given the subject of time much thought until, as a fairly new professor at Wheaton, I picked up a 1975 Eerdmans Festschrift for a long-time Calvin professor — God and the Good: Essays in...
View ArticleHospitality is not an optional ministry
Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. (Romans 15:7) While much hospitality focuses on individuals or families opening their homes to others, a vital practice which...
View Article5 tasks every pastor needs to do today (and every day)
Whole books have been written on pastoral ministry so, even an attempt at summarizing it in a short blog article will fall short of the mark. But I would suggest that several principles rise to a high...
View ArticleBook Reviews
Book Reviews Debated Issues in Sovereign Predestination: Early Lutheran Predestination, Calvinian Reprobation, and Variations in Genevan Lapsarianism. By Joel R. Beeke. Reformed Historical Theology 42....
View ArticleBenjamin Breckinridge Warfield on the Doctrine of the Trinity
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) left his lasting impress on Reformed theology most famously in his careful exposition and defense of the doctrine of inspiration, but he also made important...
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