How Do You Have Time?
Since, Jesus For You, released I’ve been asked often where I found the time to write. And each time I’ve answered a little differently. As I’ve thought about the question, …
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Don’t Apologize For God
“I wish it wasn’t in here, but it is…” “I don’t like it, but I have to stay true to what the Bible says.” “If it were me I probably …
Jesus For You Is Here!
Jesus For You: He Became Like You So You Could Become Like Him is available now! I’m excited for you to read it. Here’s the back cover summary: Jesus Knows What …
Four Lines of Joy-Filled, Awe-Inspiring, Earth-Shattering Song
I sing the Doxology to my girls every night, sometimes softly while I hold their hands or play with their hair. Sometimes it’s more highly produced with a hairbrush microphone and …
Emotional Health in Ministry
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many …
Parenting: What Is Our Chief Aim?
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”—Ephesians 6:4 First, let us see to what end our parenting is aiming …
10 Signs You Are Burning Out
“Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches…I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.”—2 Corinthians 11:28, …
Do You Feel Like a Pastoral Fraud?
Do you ever feel like a fake? A fraud? Like the self-portrait you’ve painted for others is a rip-off of somebody else? Someone more holy, more pure—less Pharisaical, more Spurgeon-esque? …
Anxiety – Part 5 – Answered Prayer is Not the Answer
This is Part 5 of a series on Anxiety. Read previous posts here. What will take your anxiety away? Anxiety comes when you don’t know how something is going to turn …
Anxiety – Part 4 – Turning Your Thoughts to Prayers
This is Part 4 of a series on Anxiety. Read previous posts here. Now that we’ve looked at the ground anxiety can grow in, and considered some ways to cultivate peace, …