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As of this past Tuesday, I have a new favorite passage from Paul's letters re: the pastor's heart. I had the privilege of hearing J...

Why am I a pastor? Why are you a pastor if you are one? If you're not a pastor, why do you submit to one? Why do you love one as "y...

A boasting pastor is a hard thing to withstand. A man in the pulpit that is taken with high estimations of himself and his efforts will shor...

Many have remarked on the absence of reverence, awe, majesty or a sense of the transcendent in typical evangelical services. A. W. Tozer, wr...

The best statement on the blog I've read so far this week: If I am committed to my sin above a humble, self-revealing honesty, then I ca...

In the last post , we began a series of reflections on the pastor's heart in the letters of Paul. Really, I'm just skimming some ve...

For a couple of years now, the Lord has been forming and reforming my view of the pastoral ministry through the letters of the Apostle Paul....

I’m thankful for the Ligonier webcast of the conference happening right now in Florida. I’m thankful for the opportunity to watch, listen a...

I'm tired this morning. I've been tired all week. And things appear to be getting busier. I think that's par for the course f...

I'm going to turn my attention away from writing about reforming the African-American church for a while. The comments and engagement b...

While skimming through Bridges' Christian Ministry again, several quotes jumped out at me. Some are quotes Bridges lifts from other sain...

John Piper has written a moving account of his time with his father as the elder Piper went home to be with the Lord. I'm giving God p...

The short answer is "yes." The longer answer is: "but we can't start by assuming that what is popularly referred to as th...

Well, it's time to revisit and complete this series of posts. Lord willing, in this post, I'll offer some preliminary thoughts or pr...

Well, I'm trying to get back in stride here at the church and with life in Cayman. It's been a great couple of days back. I returned...

I've just returned from almost two weeks in southeast Asia. I was going to write a brief summary of the trip with some reflections, but ...

Here are some pictures from the recent dialogue Thabiti participated in with a Muslim apologist in SE Asia. He will provide further highligh...

Tomorrow, a friend from church and I have the privilege of traveling to Southeast Asia for a week. We'll be there visiting some friends...

Beliefnet recently published their list of "who's who" in African-American spiritual circles (HT: Tim Challies). It's an i...

My good and faithful brother Eric asked me to put forward a bare-bones Christ-centered solution for disentangling "blackness" and ...