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Yet another summer is upon us, which means I'll be taking a break from this site for a few months.  But as always, I can't do that...

The role of pastors is clear in Scripture: “Equip the saints for the work of the ministry.” (Ephesians 4:12) But unfortunately, some past...

"Family." Almost every time this word is used in our culture, the intent is to portray an overwhelmingly positive picture of w...

For the last several weeks we have been looking together at Paul's letter to the Philippians--a letter written to a highly diverse c...

"We want to reach our community!"  In 24 years of ministry, I've never served or consulted with a single congregation that d...

There is an old Peanuts  cartoon that shows Charlie Brown firing an arrow into the side of a barn with Lucy watching.  In the second frame...

"False teaching."  Its a term that evokes strong emotion--mostly the fearful kind.  The Scriptures frequently warn us about it. ...

I am in no way recommending the movie  Horrible Bosses , but there is a reason that films like that are both popular, and spawn a sequel. ...

Perhaps your sense of humor is too refined to appreciate "light bulb" jokes.  But I love them! For example, how many Gorillas ...

Goals are easy to set, but often much harder to reach.  Think for example about weight loss (yeah I know.  I could have picked a less conv...

This week, I'm teaching a doctoral seminar at  Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary  on current issues affecting the church.  Weste...

When someone says they are "looking forward" to something, we generally take that in a positive way.  But truthfully, not everyt...

The early church began as an offshoot of Judaism.  So it was a very big deal when they changed their primary day of worship from the ...

" I've never met Islam.  I think Islam owes me $5.  But apparently Islam hates America, which is fascinating."  -Wajahat Ali...