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Abraham Piper with 6 reasons why pastors should blog . And while at DG, check out this helpful short piece from John Piper called The Lenien...

A partial transcript of Eric Redmond's discussion of Jeremiah Wright on the Al Mohler radio show is available here . The radio interview...

Any preachers out there know this feeling? And need this grace? So many aspects of ministry demand excellence, and there are not enough hou...

T4G 2006 highlights . Greatly anticipating our time together this year!

I have a ritual when visiting restaurants, especially restaurants I don't know very well. From time to time, I like to have the waiter s...

This is probably the best review and interaction with Obama's speech on race that I've read from someone opposing Obama's basic...

Who wants to be waited on by a drunk person badgering you for bigger tips or trying to get you to order much more than you need so the resta...

In the interest of a more complete exchange between (a) brethren in Christ from every ethnic background and (b) fostering more careful sermo...

The airwaves have been jammed with all the comments and punditry surrounding Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, and Obama’s recent speech on rac...

Sermons I'm listening to today: Mark Dever, " Propitiation--Romans 3:21-26 " (Series: Pierced for Our Transgressions) John Pip...

My son came into this world with a head full of hair. And it grew over this first year. Contrary to what this first picture suggests, he di...

Not only should deacons be men and women full of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6), it follows that they should also be "sincere" (1 Tim. 3...

Matt Schmucker lists some helpful things to ask when considering a church to pastor .

By God's grace and kindness to me, He has allowed me to serve as a senior pastor for just under two years now. The longer record of His...

A brother and friend sent this picture to me today. A healthy reminder about the political process:

From C. John Miller's, The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller (pp. 100-102): "Power in preaching comes from a str...

Since posting some reflections on the Barack Obama campaign ( here ) a few people have contacted me with concern that whatever influence thi...

One of the most valuable books and resources available to the local church has to be Peacemaker Ministries. Ken Sande and the team have ser...

I frequent restaurants fairly often. It's where a good deal of one-on-one discipleship happens, as I meet with men from the church and d...

In 1651 ministers in Scotland were moved to publish an acknowledgement of the sins of the ministry. They'd determined that through negle...