10 Ways to Grow Your Marriage While Having Young Kids

4 Steps to Kill Nagging Sins

The Bible portrays sin as a powerful, ever-vigilant enemy. Sin deceives (Genesis 3:13), desires (Genesis 4:7), destroys (Genesis 6:7). Even forgiven sin within the Christian is powerfully active, waging war (Romans 7:23), lusting (Galatians 5:17),...

5 Ways to Make it Through a Difficult Season

Institutions, like the weather, have different seasons. There are springtime harvests, summer droughts, autumn wanings, and winter freezes. They have “a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep,...

Repentance vs. Defensiveness

3 Ways our Culture is Different From Every Other Culture in History

We live in a turbulent cultural moment. The world around us is rapidly changing, and we face many challenges unprecedented in the history of the church. Augustine fought the Pelagians; Aquinas synthesized Aristotle; Luther strove...

7 Ways to Fight Distraction During Prayer

I’ve been trying to pray more this year. But prayer doesn’t always come easily to me. I often sit down to pray with the best of intentions only to suddenly catch myself, a few moments...

20 Qualities of Good Listeners

I have been reflecting lately on how important – and how difficult – it is to listen. I am coming to understand how much conflict and misunderstanding is related to a failure to listen well,...

3 Ways Movies Are Searching for the Gospel

I love movies. I always have, but for some reason I’ve grown more and more fascinated with movies in the last three or four years—the massive industry that stands behind them, the intricacies and subtleties...

7 Principles of Sabbath Rest

Life has been busy lately. Between being a dad, a pastor, and a student, it feels like each day is a sprint. But I believe the Lord has called me to all these things, and...