The issue of alcohol is a personal question, and will vary from individual to individual. It will depend in part on knowing one’s self, one’s personal history, one’s family history, and one’s cultural ...

D. A. Carson talks about some of the key themes that have marked his career, including his enduring passion for knowing and correctly handling God’s word and for holding tight to the gospel.

The heart of the priestly job description is fellowship with the Lord, enjoying his hospitality and protection, living in his house. May we never think that our obedience is the essence of life in ...

The New Testament shows that early Christians were consistent in sharing the good news with individuals and households, as well as proclaiming the gospel in public squares.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

The things that contribute to pastoral burnout are actually very simple. Coleman Ford explains several of these and offers something for pastors to consider.

This understanding of the atonement is right in what it affirms, though there is nothing about the satisfaction of divine wrath and little about Christ bearing the penalty of sin. In this popular and ...

Every church, practically and functionally, has to come down on a position. You’re either going to install women into the office of deacon—or not.

Ecclesiastes is one of those books of the Bible that we don’t always know what to do with. So much of it can feel a bit foreign, and sometimes it can even seem to be at odds with what Scripture ...

The written works of Thomas Goodwin (one of our Puritan friends) come down to us in twelve volumes, each volume over five hundred pages. And the first two volumes are given entirely to Ephesians 1 and ...

I have an admission to make. In my life I’ve been a parent, a pastor, and a children’s book author, and yet I wouldn’t give myself high marks when it comes to family devotions with my five children.

Donald S. Whitney (PhD, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa) is professor of biblical spirituality and John H. Powell endowed chair of pastoral ministry at Midwestern Baptist ...