Craig Barnes

The liberating Savior will free you to live as you were created to live—fully alive.

The complainers place me in an awkward position, seeking God on their behalf when I’d rather give them the boot.

The “God compartment”.

Love overcomes all fear.

Getting out of the way.

The myth of hard work.

How do we preach saving grace to those who just aren’t “good” at sinning?

What makes leaders weighty, worthy, and believable?

Content with enough.

What your body yearns for is symptomatic of the yearning of the soul.

No stupid questions.

Finding out your back-up plan is God’s first choice.

How can I minister to complainers when I’d rather give them the boot?

The complainers place me in an awkward position, seeking God on their behalf when I’d rather give them the boot.

How will you respond when you get stuck “holding the bedpan?”

How will you respond when you get stuck holding the bedpan?

What Mrs. Williams’s quaint presentations taught me about surviving ministry.

God is not easy on the people who get used in the gospel drama.

In a fallen world, preaching is about helping people find the hand of Jesus

What to say in passing after you’ve just given your all.

How to communicate the biblical view of sex without becoming Dr. Ruth.

Why the pastoral prayer releases God’s power in ways even preaching does not.