This powerful 2 minute video about the March for Life coming up this week in Washington, DC uses President Obama’s moving words about the vulnerability of children to illustrate the insanity of the law of our land that allows for abortion on demand. January 22, 2013 marks 40 years…
Since posting on this subject earlier this week I have been made aware of a wider dialogue about that has been taking place on blogs over the last couple of months. Below are some links to what others have written. What your pastor tells his wife about you by…
Over the last few years I have read quite a bit on the nature of confidentiality in the work of pastoral ministry. The result of my study led me to clarify and formalize a policy that reflects the procedures by which I have operated for decades. Simply stated, while…
This is pretty amazing. It comes from one of Dr. Nathan Finn’s Baptist history students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Enjoy. And learn! HT: Bruce Ashford
There is another source of power which I can hardly think of as a separate quality, but rather as the sum and result of all the qualities which I have been naming. I mean Courage. It is the indispensable requisite of any true ministry. The timid minister is as…
If you are in the Orlando, Florida area, or can get there next week, you should take advantage of a great opportunity being afforded by the Nicole Institute of Baptist Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary. Dr. Tom Nettles, one of the premier Baptist historical theologians in our day, will…
If you are opposed to hunting, then skip this post. Last week I had the privilege of deer hunting in South Texas. When we came up on a herd of deer grazing, the guide gave me the green light to shoot a 6 year old buck. But before I…
I’ve had this question put to me in various forms hundreds of times during my ministry. “Isn’t there more we can do?” “Have we done everything possible?” “Can’t we do more?” Usually the question is asked in relation to some painful difficulty, often arising from a strained or broken…
If my Texas Aggies had this guy on their roster, their field goal worries would be over for the Cotton Bowl.
Last Sunday I had the privilege of baptizing my baby girl. As I joked on twitter, that is the closest I’ve ever come to paedobaptism! Every time I witness the baptism of a believer in Jesus I am reminded of the overwhelming grace of God in sending His Son…