It’s the End of the World as NO MAN Knows It

Ignorant Christians and all their end times mumbo jumbo.

Who Shall Care for Our Souls? – Pastoral Care for Pastors – Part 4 of 4

Cary offers suggestions for churches and pastors on how to improve their spiritual health.

Who Shall Care for Our Souls? – Pastoral Care for Pastors – Part 3 of 4

The nature of the office of Pastor lends itself to unique spiritual battles and struggles. But when we are aware of them, by God’s Spirit we can better combat them.

Who Shall Care for Our Souls? – Pastoral Care for Pastors – Part 2 of 4

The Celebrity Pastor Trickle Down Effect There have been a number of trends in modern times that have contributed to the increase of crisis in pastoral ministry. Many of these have been common and present throughout the history of parish ministry but maybe have increased in their intensity or found a new way of expression…

Who Shall Care for Our Souls? – Pastoral Care for Pastors – Part 1 of 4

A Problem That Persists It is a story that we have seen blasted on nighttime news, posted on evangelical Christian news sites, upon the webpage of many a christian blogger, and littered on the news feed of Facebook. Another megachurch pastor has fallen into grievous sin and has stepped down. A celebrity pastor has come…

Christ Our Surety

I remember the fearful days of my troubled, weak and feeble faith in Christ. It seemed I was in constant anguish, the anguish of not knowing whether you have true peace with God. The kind of peace David describes in Psalm 32 when he says, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is…

Fishing For Fish That Have Already Been Caught – How the doctrines of grace freed me to “go into the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

Here is a typical conversation between a monergist and a synergist. (If you have no idea what monergism and synergism means watch this video and then come back and read the article.) “I believe in reformed theology.” “So what does that mean?” “Well, essentially it means that God is sovereign over every thing, including our…

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? – The heresy of so called “Christian Unity”

AN INTRODUCTION TO ECUMENISM “Why can’t we all just get along?” “We Christians need to join hands and work together.” “We need to stop being divided and start being unified!” “We need to look past our differences for the sake of unity.” “Why are there so many denominations?” I’m sure you’ve heard many of these…

An Open Letter From A Closet Christian

This is an open letter from a closet Christian. I am tired of hiding behind these doors of fear that keep me from loving you according to my calling. I am weary of denying the truth to feel less guilty in this lie that I have created. I am fed up with this myth and…

Sharing Our Faith – Are We Taking It Seriously?

Sharing our faith–are we taking it seriously? Are we doing this right? What is evangelism supposed to look like? Is there one right way of doing it? Are there wrong ways of doing it? Is it a spiritual gift for some but not others? Is it a calling on missionaries’ and pastors’ lives but not…