Author: Administrador

Recently I was teaching a conference on evangelism. After one of the sessions a dear couple in their seventies came up to talk about their burden for the lost in their family and community. Throughout our conversation, they talked about the Lord’s goodness. At one point, with eyes full of tears, the woman said, “We … Continue reading “Providence and Contentment”

Remember the Gospel Like most of you, I’m hunkered down here in my loft, not going outside, distancing myself from people. It’s particularly important for me because I have a compromised immune system, and I am in the high-risk category for this pandemic that has spread across the globe. Here are five ways I’ve been … Continue reading “5 Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Points Us to the Gospel”

I’ve been reading the Bible almost every day for decades. I firmly believe that any listening and reading of Scripture is better than none at all, but I do think that some of the ways I’ve read the Bible have ended up restricting my own spiritual growth.  How can that be? Well, across those decades I’ve also … Continue reading “How Not to Read the Bible”

A Wake-Up Call The coronavirus is a God-given wake-up call to be ready for the second coming of Christ. Even though the history of the Christian church is littered with failed predictions of the end of the world, it remains true that Jesus Christ is coming back. “Men of Galilee,” the angel said at Jesus’s … Continue reading “Coronavirus and the Second Coming of Christ”

Q: Is God mad at me for my sin? A: Fallen, anxious sinners are limitless in their capacity to perceive reasons for Jesus to cast them out. We are factories of fresh resistances to Christ’s love. Even when we run out of tangible reasons to be cast out, such as specific sins or failures, we … Continue reading “6 Questions about Christ’s Heart for Sinners”

Keep Watch As you engage relationally with your local fellowship and hear of a member in one of these situations, take note: that brother or sister could already be straying. Here are five common ways church members go astray. Sinning Sheep Let’s start with an easy situation—not necessarily easy to address, but easy to recognize. … Continue reading “5 Common Ways Church Members Go Astray”

The Space Between Waiting for anything feels like a complete waste of time. Waiting for God to move or answer seems even worse. Lamentations 3:25–27 shows us the value of living in the space between suffering and restoration. Lament serves us well as we mourn and wait. The Lord is good to those who wait for him,to … Continue reading “Waiting on the Lord Is Not a Waste”

Pray about Everything To pray the Bible, you simply go through a passage line by line, talking to God about whatever comes to mind as you read the text. See how easy that is? Anyone can do that. If you don’t understand the meaning of a verse, go on to the next verse. If the … Continue reading “How God Helps Us Pray According to His Will”

It is a hallmark and non-negotiable conviction of evangelical Christianity to ascribe to a high view of the Bible as the word of God. Since the Protestant Reformation, we have maintained a doctrine of Scripture that has taken the sixty-six canonical books of the Old and New Testaments as both authoritative, because they are “breathed out … Continue reading “Pastors: Model the Importance of Engaging the Whole Bible through Your Preaching”

Many people claim various places are sacred. In a recent family trip out west, we visited the sacred grounds of the Black Hills. Several years before we visited our nation’s military cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery which is reported to be sacred ground. UNESCO’s World Heritage include the Alamo, Yellowstone, and the home of the giant … Continue reading “Preaching God’s Words”