Pastors who rush in with the wrong treatment court spiritual disaster.

As a Middle Easterner, I can't read the Bible without a smile of recognition crawling across my face.

Hiding from God (and neighbor) is dehumanizing, but honest prayer and confession bring healing and freedom.

I'm only my truest self when I'm playing the role of disciple.

In the Lord’s economy, nothing is wasted—not even rotten fruit.

When beloved congregants turned on me, who could I trust for advice?

I used to be repulsed by Ephesians 5. Then I learned to see Paul’s instructions through a gospel lens.

When God announced the birth of Christ to sweaty, uncouth shepherds, he signaled something important about the kind of Messiah he was sending.

Students and teachers alike need to remember the difference between knowing theology and knowing God.

The key to creativity is worship and prayer.

Suffering and ministry turmoil left me devastated. Jesus met me there.

The pre-Christendom church managed to avoid both isolationism and accommodationism. Their model gives us a map for post-Christendom challenges.

Those who come have very little. But they have everything they need.

Four reasons tithes and offerings are about to drop dramatically.

What the cross teaches us about his remarkable patience.

The late evangelist called himself the “champion rambler.”

I can’t follow Christ and also succeed at being nice.

Trusting in the Lord has made my life both easier and harder.

The ideas of human dignity and respect for all didn’t develop in a vacuum.