One of the most troubling elements in our “Christian Culture” is the elevation of preachers to a celebrity status. For ordinary pastors, like myself, this can create a subtle pressure to compete with the podcasts people are listening to, and to meet certain unfair expectations from the pulpit. The truth is that although God graciously…
A sad reality in some circles today, is the false notion that suffering shouldn’t be part of the life a Christian – particularly a Christian that has faith. One needs only to survey the Scriptures and look at the history of the Church to realize that many of the greatest men and women of faith…
A few weeks ago I took my wife to Virginia Beach for her birthday and stopped for lunch at a delicious Colombian restaurant. Little did we know that we would both end up bawling our eyes out, hoping the waitress and the people around us wouldn’t think we were going through some marital crisis! That…
El siguiente artículo es mi traducción del artículo escrito por Tim Challies. Es un artículo excelente y espero que sea de bendición para aquellos de habla hispana. Tiene que tener cuidado con lo que comparte en el internet. Durante el fin de semana, Facebook y Twitter fueron de repente inundados con enlaces a una nueva grabación…
I don’t remember the exact date, but it was a Friday night at church. It was the last night of a week of congregational prayer, and that’s when it happened – I had my first panic attack. It actually wasn’t the worst panic attack I’ve ever had, but that day, something inside of me “broke.”…
An old Puritan prayer that echoes so fervently in my heart this morning…