(Image: Ross Gale, Duccio) Among the last words recorded during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ are His giving of calling for those who were following Him. With his disciples around, just before ascending into heaven, Jesus says: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples…
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The Problem With The Sticky Pages
From Tyler: Today’s post is from CM Logan, a writer and pastor. While most posts here are written by me, I love getting the chance to share other writers with you. If you’re interested in posting read more here. — I was in college, and the pastor said we were starting a sermon series in Nehemiah.…
The Most Important Thing
As I was writing my first book, working full-time, attending seminary part-time, and trying to have a pulse as a husband I did something that makes little sense: I added something else into my daily schedule. I know what you’re thinking already, and no, it doesn’t make sense. In fact the first thing I did…
A Conversation About Holiness
Last week Christianity Today ran an article I wrote reviewing Kevin DeYoung’s book titled The Hole in Our Holiness. Kevin wrote a solid book that I would gladly recommend to others. In fact, both he and I come at the subject from a similar perspective: we have lost our desire to seek after holiness. In…
Worshiping the Bible
Christian culture today, especially among younger Christians seems to be very focused around the Bible. I’ve heard so many times after church, opinions on whether the pastor either used enough of the Bible in the sermon or not enough. The amount of the Bible referenced in the message always seems to be important to people.…
4 Things I’ve Learned in 4 Years of Seminary
Someone asked me the other day when I was going to be done with school. Most everyone I know through my church has only ever known me when I’ve been taking seminary classes, so it’s been a question I get asked quite often. I started thinking about it and I realized I’ve already gone to…