A 19-year-old girl made headlines recently by declaring that she was pregnant. But this was no normal pregnancy. Haley proclaimed, “I am pregnant, and it is Jesus.” Haley truly believed she was 9 months pregnant with baby Jesus. “I know…
Politics will not cure all of our problems. Democracy will not save us. Jesus is the hope of the world, not the president. I write this on election day before we discover who will win this controversial nomination as the…
Years ago I saw Francis Chan use an excellent illustration. He pulled out a long rope to represent the timeline of our existence for eternity. A small end of the rope was colored red. This part represented the length of…
Martin Luther was a preaching machine. Luther preached around 4,000 sermons in his life (2,300 have been preserved). On average, he preached 120 sermons per year. That’s a sermon every three days.1 And we think preaching every seven days is…
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2 ESV). For the…
If you are an audiobook lover, I have great news! I have been working hard on the audiobook for my bestselling book, Preaching Nuts & Bolts: Conquer Sermon Prep, Save Time, and Write Better Messages. I am happy to announce that…
Why are we so obsessed with our possessions? Even in life-or-death emergencies, people will risk their lives—and even the lives of those around them—just to save their stuff. Tim Challies wrote a great article describing one example of this in…
Pumpkins. Costumes. Candy. Tick-or-treating. Halloween always takes me back to my childhood with my three brothers dressed as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jedi Knights, and G.I. Joes. Every year we canvased the neighborhood for hours collecting as much candy as…
Both Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley left a huge impact on the landscape of Christian history. But only one of them had a positive impact on their marriage. Steve Farrar explains it like this: Jonathan Edwards had a marriage made…