The great seventeenth-century English theologian John Owen warned about the danger to our neighbors when we merely play at our faith.

In pastoring and church planting, I’ve found myself trying to quantify gospel ministry. I want to make the spiritual more tangible. But I think there’s a more sinful motive at work: I want to count because it seems that if I can count it then I can control it. In Psalm 20:7, David points us to a better way.

On the fifth anniversary of my dad’s death, I’m sharing a poem I wrote last year reflecting on the last months our family got to share with him on earth.

The end of Acts finds Paul’s life at risk once again. He’s been unjustly imprisoned, and there’s no semblance of due process. Yet, the book ends with Paul doing the exact thing God had called him to do—to take the gospel to the Gentiles. 

I came across this article on the atonement by Kelly Kapic and wanted to share a selection that draws our attention to how Christ’s work on the cross is a gift of God’s love for us.

I had the opportunity to speak in chapel for my kids’ school on Reformation Day. For those chapels, I spoke from one of the Reformers’ favorite texts: “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Rom 10:17). What follows is a slightly edited version of what I shared with the high school chapel.