Saturday Links

Links for your weekend reading:

Ditch the Preaching “Rules” For Principles

Be liberated from rigid rules by crafting guiding principles. The following are my guiding principles.

Church, Stop Doing so Many Good Things

Are you doing too many good things? In my experience helping churches think through gospel revitalization, this is one of the most prevalent problems.

The Old Testament’s Message to our Culture

Though God gave the Old Testament to a particular people at a particular time in a particular way, that He wrote it in such a way that it is still powerfully relevant to us and our 2015 culture.

5 Reasons Preachers Avoid Sermons on Hell

Here are five reasons why preachers, whether consciously or not, may avoid preaching judgment.

The System I Use for Long Term Scripture Memorization

Here is a brief summary of the system I use for memorizing Scripture.

40 Thoughts for My 40th Birthday

Here is a list of things I’ve learned, discovered, and experienced, and that I now think — one for each year of living.

Ten Differences Between a Boss and a Leader

Here are ten differences between a boss (someone who is only a boss) and a leader (who may also be a boss).