Start with Your People
It looked like just another Friday morning at a coffee shop. The familiar whirr of the espresso machine. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee. A long line of patrons in a hurry to grab their favorite drink and fa...
5 Myths about the Armor of God
Myth #1: Life is a picnic.
Even though all the evidence is to the contrary, we often seem to believe that life here on earth is—or at least ought to be—easy. In reality, however, life is hard—often very, very ...
Creation: The Beginning of God’s Restoration
The Bible does not begin at Genesis 3; it begins at Genesis 1. This may seem a relatively bland statement, but the implications are as extensive as the universe. When we understand the scope of the Bible’s narr...
How to Make Sermon Illustrations Memorable
Most pastors and Bible teachers immediately recognize the power of a well-told illustration. It engages the heart of those listening and allows the mind’s eye to see truth through the application of something f...
My Funeral Fumble: A Pastor’s Nightmare Comes True
It remains the most humiliating moment of my pastoral life. I can now laugh about it a little these few years after the incident, but I still wake up with a start sometimes and feel the cold chill of disbelief ...
Faith for When Life Falls Apart
It's only a matter of time before life falls apart. The loss of a job, a diagnosis of cancer, an unfaithful spouse, abuse from a leader, the betrayal of a dear friend. It doesn’t matter how suburban our lives a...
How Can I Keep My Preaching from Getting Stale?
Those who study denominations such as the one in which I serve (evangelical, largely Anglo, suburban and middle-class) say that the sermons of our preachers most commonly address the “3M” concerns of our church...
Display Bible Verses on Your Website: NEW Tool From Crossway
A Free Tool for Your Blog or Website
Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved ESV CrossReference Tool—a free resource created to make it easy to feature the text of the ESV Bible on ...
5 Myths Regarding the Song of Songs
Myth #1: The Song of Songs is just a human love story.
I do not intend to treat the Song of Songs like an allegory, in which everything in the book stands for something else, and in which we start coming up wi...
Scripture Journals – A Great Way to Engage with God’s Word
We all love engaging with the Word of God. They are His Words to us, preserved for thousands of years. They are "living and active" (Hebrews 4:12), "breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,...