Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

The things that contribute to pastoral burnout are actually very simple. Coleman Ford explains several of these and offers something for pastors to consider.

This understanding of the atonement is right in what it affirms, though there is nothing about the satisfaction of divine wrath and little about Christ bearing the penalty of sin. In this popular and ...

Every church, practically and functionally, has to come down on a position. You’re either going to install women into the office of deacon—or not.

Nowhere else in the Bible is God described as rich in anything. The only thing he is called rich in is mercy. What does this mean?

Followership has few (if any) positive perceptions in contemporary culture. Let us not only leave behind simplistic stereotypes but also think more deeply about some of our more subtle and hidden ...

Every. Single. Day. Always. The Lord has no off days and no half-hearted days. No days where instead of pursuit he dawdles in his goodness or forgets to follow in his mercy.

Why is it so easy to get angry when we have to wait? It seems like that‘s our natural go-to response. Things are out of my ability to manipulate, manage, or maybe even figure out.

Thankfully, we’re not left to popular perception in regard to conscience. We have the Bible to teach us what conscience is and is not. Let's lay out some introductory principles about conscience.

Ecclesiastes is one of those books of the Bible that we don’t always know what to do with. So much of it can feel a bit foreign, and sometimes it can even seem to be at odds with what Scripture ...

The terms election and predestination are often used interchangeably, both referring to God’s gracious decree whereby he chooses some for eternal life.

We seem to live in a world of increasing polarization in which the members of warring tribes address each other with remarkable vitriol in the online environment.