Saturday Links

Links for your weekend reading:

Six Reasons to Live More Simply—and Give More Generously

How can we live more simply? There are thousands of ways. But these are things few of us will do unless we have clear and compelling reasons. Here are six…

Where Satan Will Attack You Today

Like it or not you are in a war. And do you know where the front of the battle is? It’s in your head.

Kingdom Opportunities Mean Kingdom Adversaries

We are not to shy away from what the Lord is calling us to simply because there might be opposition. No, in this way that we follow our savior, the brave king who came despite all opposition to rescue us, his bride.

Eugene Peterson’s Advice to Seminary Students

I’d tell them that pastoring is not a very glamorous job…

Pastors Shouldn’t Have Trade Secrets

I remain firmly convinced, based upon Scripture and my experience, that pastors should not be in competition with one another. They should support, root for, rejoice in, and serve to ensure the other’s growth.

Top 10 Sermon Introduction Mistakes

While there is lots of room for error in the body of your sermon, there is little room for error in your introduction.

Does Our Church Planting Strategy Include Dying?

This week came a question that thus far had not assaulted my grey matter. It came not from a church member. Nor from a church planting book. But from Ghana.

“Have you come here to die?”