Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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Summer Sabbatical 2016
This Summer I am doing something I haven’t done in 16 years of fairly active ministry (3 years as a college student, 11 years as a bi-vocational “lay minister”, and the last 2.5 as an ordained pastor): taking a Summer off of active ministry duty. Some people call this situation a “Sabbatical”, meaning a rest…
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How Christians Are Supposed to Feel About Syrian Refugees
This one is actually pretty simple. Difficult to swallow, but simple. If a head of state asks “Christian, how do you feel about housing Syrian refugees?”, our answer ought to be “I will gladly lay down my life for theirs!” If a head of state says “I compel you to house a refugee!”, we should…
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Shaken Faith From False Promises
One of the core urgings of the scripture is that we trust God’s promises. But that can be difficult for some of us who feel that God has failed to come through from time to time. One reason for this feeling of God having failed is because we have been claiming as a promise, something God…
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How Do We Know and Show That God is Good? (Guest Post by Barnabas Piper)
(The following is an excerpt from Barnabas Piper’s forthcoming book: “Help My Unbelief”. In celebration of the launch, I have been provided with a copy for review and giveaway. Enter to win a copy of the book here!) Answering this question is one of the greatest tasks of Christianity. So many of those who refuse…
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The Church and Dating Rules
(Crowd voices: “Oh boy, another post on dating!”) I have four daughters (at the time of writing, all under age 8), so this topic feels super relevant for me, and the pace of life is such that I need wisdom on this issue, stat. By way of preface, my wife and I dated in…