When a Leader Lets You Down

It is godly and appropriate to have heroes in the faith—mentors, examples, leaders who go out in front of us and help us see what it looks like to follow Christ. Paul said, “Follow my...

Why Do Pastors Feel Discouraged Amid Success?

Every (honest) pastor I know struggles in some way with discouragement. Discouragement has many triggers and comes in many different forms (like the demon in Mark 5:6-13, his name is legion). Perhaps the worst and...

Did C.S. Lewis Have a Crisis of Faith in 1948?

Some C. S. Lewis scholars have popularized the idea that Lewis had a serious personal crisis after a debate with Elizabeth Anscombe, a Roman Catholic philosopher, at the Oxford Socratic Club on February 2, 1948....

3 Leadership Lessons from Winston Churchill

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death. We might draw many lessons from Churchill’s life, and not all of them salutary (his views on religion, women, and alcohol come to mind). Nevertheless,...

4 Dangers for Complementarians

I am not ashamed to be complementarian. It has never been a dirty word for me, because I’ve grown up seeing godly expressions of it in my family, and hearing compelling arguments for it from...

Jesus Did More to Save Us Than Die

Early on in his masterful book The Cross of Christ, John Stott quotes Emil Brunner saying, “The cross is the sign of the Christian faith, of the Christian church, of the revelation of God in...

Is There Life After Life?

Let’s face it: we’ll all die one day. But is there some kind of life after this life? Upon its release, the 2000 movie Gladiator had a significant impact around the world. While most of...

When You’re Waiting in the Wilderness

If you had to pick one story in the Bible as a model of “ministry success,” which would you choose? Personally, I can’t think of anything more dynamic than Elijah’s victory over the false prophets...

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