Pure Church

Ryan Townsend is a dear brother that I got to know a bit while in DC. Since most of you don't know Ryan, here's what you need to kn...

When you pastor in the Washington, D.C. area or an area like Grand Cayman, you will see a lot of people come and go. Some places are really...

I was blessed with this meditation on the awesomeness of even the clouds... and the demand they make on me to worship God alone. For Book L...

The pastoral epistles are becoming increasingly dear to me. As I read them, serving now as a senior pastor, I am constantly encouraged, cor...

As part of my devotional reading, I am thoroughly enjoying the volumes on Reformed spirituality edited by Michael A.G. Haykin . These books ...

Today, we continue our interview series with brother Lance Lewis, pastor of Christ Liberation Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA. I first met ...

Tom Ascol recently posted a helpful pamphlet written by Daniel Akin on the need for theologically-driven preaching in the SBC. Perhaps it...

Michael A.G. Haykin has done the world a great favor with the Profiles in Reformed Spirituality series. It's a series of small books th...

Thought much about the ascension of Jesus lately? Well if you haven't (or if you have), you would be encouraged and drawn to Christ to ...

A friend sent me an email following the Twin Lakes Fellowship. Because my talk there was basically an exhortation to unity in the church, he...

Apparently, the folks who filmed the recent Christian-Muslim dialogue in southeast Asia have made the video available on YouTube. They'v...

"...the day when Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Joyce Meyer, James Dobson, Tony Perkins, James Kennedy, Rod Parsley, " Patriot Past...

Nathan Finn has a series of short posts on Baptists and associations that I find helpful. You can read them here . Tony Carter has listed a...

One theme that runs throughout Paul's letters is the theme of edification. In one sense, he seems to think of both his ministry as an a...

Last night at our small group meeting, a young man asked me to help him with understanding how God could be a jealous God and still be good....

Thanks to all those who read and/or commented on the series of posts on reforming the African-American church. It was good to read people’s ...

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...