Blogs
Why Pastors Are Committing Suicide
“Pastor Tony Rose fell into a “deep hole of depression with obsessive thinking” when he was 31. It got so bad he couldn’t physically lift himself off the floor. “I began begging God for somebody who could speak a vocabulary that preached to my soul, and I couldn’t find anybody in the contemporary Christian world,” said Rose, who now pastors in Kentucky. “Then I stumbled onto the Puritans. And they’re known for a lot of things, but very few people actually read their writing on pastoral care.”"
7 Reasons Churches are Too Busy
“So how did churches get so busy? How did their calendars fill up so quickly that it left no breathing room for members and staff? There seems to be seven major contributing factors.”
3 Ways Technology Makes Us Anxious
“Here are three common problems—and gospel solutions—to address our technology-driven angst.”
How to Connect Sermon Application to People’s Jobs
“Believers often wonder how they can serve God and neighbor at work, and often doubt the value of their work. But pastors can help, and the strategic sermon illustration is a leading tool in our arsenal. A good illustration is like a parable, presenting a case that is both particular and universal, specific and common.”
Why You Should Thank God That Your Kids Are Mediocre Athletes
“Thank God that your kids haven’t displayed the athletic prowess necessary to trick you into spending a fortune you don’t have for a dream that will almost certainly never materialize.”
Kindle Books
An Infinite Journey: Growing toward Christlikeness by Andrew Davies $0.99.
Love Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church by Peter Hubbard $0.99.
Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem by Jay Richards $1.99