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The work of a pastor has never been harder, at least in our lifetime, in lands that suffer no persecution. Every few weeks, we must reassess and re-organize the way we worship, make disciples, and care for each other. Churches…
It’s easy, perhaps even necessary, to mock Christian jargon from time to time. As George Orwell said decades ago, jargon first obscures—and then prevents—thought and communication. And that’s intolerable if we are, in Paul’s words, to be transformed by the renewal…
It’s the day after the election as I write this. No winner has been declared and it is not yet clear when one will be. Emotions are running high. Many feel waves of excitement at every news report favorable to…
How are Christians to respond to a world in the midst of a pandemic? We are not the first generation of believers to face that question. The early church fathers can offer some help.
Ephesians 5:2 “Live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us.” Galatians 5:6 “In Christ Jesus, what counts is faith working through love.” Living in the time of a new, dangerous, easily transmitted…
Many of you are suddenly delivering sermons or talks online for the first time. Drawing on my experience and the experience of others, let me suggest three points for pastors and teachers starting to speak online.
How can ordinary, sinful human beings like us participate in the glorious purposes of God? His grace can make even the ordinary miraculous.
In part 2 of this two-part series, we continue exploring how preachers can proclaim the gospel in a rapidly changing digital media ecology that has profoundly transformed how people receive and understand communication.
While Chris Wright is well known and his many published works (both academic and popular) have been well received, many readers of Wright are likely to miss (or forego) reading this festschrift. To my mind, that is a shame. Indeed, I see at least three reasons why regular readers of Wright ought to consider taking up this particular publication.
The average twenty-first-century person possesses an attention span of just 8 seconds. How can we preach the gospel effectively in such a distracted age?
We often know exactly how we want to speak to the Father, but as Paul says in Romans 8:26–27, at other times we may not be so sure. What do we do then?
Do you know what 2020 will bring? Of course not: no one can foretell the future. But since we don’t know the particulars of the future, we do well to focus on the one who does know: God the Father, Son, and Spirit.
