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I’ve always known that God calls me to love the people I covenant with in my local church, but until now I haven’t been quite so aware of the danger of falling out of love.

Ours is not an easy role to fill. We are not in a fish bowl; we are in a petri dish.

It has come as kind of a shock to me, now that I am a pastor and preaching on a regular basis, that the vast majority of the sermons I preach will be rather ordinary.

Not every film about faith is worth seeing, but when faith is present in a film it both sparks conversations and is there because conversations are already happening.

Patience prevents rash judgment, and judgmentalism. It secures a plan. It is a beautiful paradox of being a non-action and yet a conscious exercise of free will.

I can honestly say that I grew up fairly colorblind. It began with the great love of my childhood, Catherine...

If there is divine intervention involved, he’ll need all the help he can get tonight. But win or lose, Tim Tebow has already won.

Want to know how the moral conviction of one person can change the culture of a whole nation?

If you have read this blog for any length of time, you know that I’ve got a thing for infographics. I asked one designer to take a shot at displaying theordo salutis, which is to say, the order of salvation, which refers to the sequence of conceptual steps involved in the salvation of the Christian. I will let the graphic explain it from here.

In his absence, Jesus wanted his disciples to live purposefully while spreading the good news before being reunited with him one day in our heavenly home.

1 out of every 5 pastors surveyed admitted that most of their congregation believes in evolution.

If there’s something we hate more than being told what to do, it’s being told that we can’t do anything, that we can’t earn anything–that we’re helpless, weak, and needy.

R.C. Sproul Jr. has been an encouragement to me as the Lord has called him to pass through this darkest hour. Just a few weeks ago, after a 9-month battle with cancer, his wife Denise went to be with the Lord, leaving behind Sproul Jr. and their eight children.

There should be a special allotment of grace extended toward any young woman whose father would approve of his daughter embracing pornography.

""If we focus only on the miracle of water becoming wine, we miss what is perhaps the most important point of today's gospel."

In the spiritual life, direction makes all the difference. True believers aren’t in heaven yet, but they aim their steps in that direction.

"I have lived with the shame and disgrace of what I did for 24 years, and basically condemned myself as a murderer unworthy of God's love."

When it comes to Christians and the question of abortion, nearly all of us probably fall into one of three categories...

More Christians will be persecuted in 2012 than any year in recent memory.

What sort of man willingly takes up a cross? A fool perhaps, and no one else.