Why Prepare for Ministry at a Liberal Arts College?
A liberal arts education does not simply encounter creation; it encounters the Creator. College is not for everyone. Nor is seminary. I’ve written plenty …
Why You Got Blocked: What’s Okay, and Not Okay, on Social Media
Social media is a place where we should first seek to be light and salt to a world that needs Jesus. I don’t block …
One-on-One with Joseph D’Souza on GAFCON
Despite the many severe challenges Christians face, the church is growing in India. Ed: What are some of the challenges Christians are currently facing …
One-on-One with Karen Swallow Prior on ‘On Reading Well’
Reading good literature well is in itself a practice of virtue. Ed: The subtitle of your book is “Finding the Good Life through Great …
Necessary Conversations: The Church, Suicide, and Mental Health
The church is for the broken. A church without the broken is a broken church. For many around the world, mental illness is a …
A Fascinating Lost Email from Larry Norman on Music and Ministry
Our worship music is very often about ‘us’ and ‘I’ more than about God. He is gone now, but you can (and really should) …
Missionary Identity
The reality is, Christians are interlopers. We are strangers and foreigners. As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary …
Singles: A Vital Part of Our Churches, Part 2
It’s time to stop looking upon single people with suspicion and instead thank God for them. Yesterday, I talked about the problem that many …
Singles: A Vital Part of Our Churches, Part 1
Singles make up half of our churches, so we best learn to treat all people—married or single—equally. Let me just get this out there …
One-on-One with Peter Greer and Chris Horst on ‘Rooting for Rivals’
As churches and nonprofits, we can accomplish far more together than we ever could alone. Ed: What inspired you to write Rooting for Rivals? …
