Yesterday I had a chance to speak to about 250 leaders, mostly SBC but also including Lutheran, Charistmatic, and other groups, as part of the Loving Houston emphasis. The training was hosted by the Union Baptist Association in Houston. I loved being back in the city where I started as a full time professor at [...]

In his book Counterfeit Gods, Tim Keller writes: “What are the gods of beauty, power, money, and achievement but these same things that have assumed mythic proportions in our individual lives and in our society? We may not physically kneel before the statue of Aphrodite, but many young women today are driven into depression and [...]

Those of us who travel and preach from place to place as itinerants have certain mantras we come back to again and again. For that matter, pastors have certain core themes they remind their people of as well. If I preach at your church, event, to students, leaders, or the whole church, you are likely [...]

On September 10, 1741, Jonathan Edwards delivered a commencement address to Yale University.  Later that year he took the substance of this address and expanded to write a treatise called “The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, Applied to that Uncommon Operation that has lately Appeared on the Minds of Many [...]

You can tell a lot about a person in regards to their food. Our appetites and our actions around times of dining offer a practical reflection of our walk with Christ. Meals play a prominent role in the Gospels. Just this morning I read a couple of chapters in Mark, noting how fully half of [...]