Ambition and opportunism in ministry

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Judges is a book about the Canaanization of Israel. Instead of living distinctly as people under God's rule, Israel lived by the

Guess what I got in the mail?

I found a strange package at my door the other day. When I opened it up I remembered that it’s promotion time for Catalyst Conference. The huge tin contained a noise maker

Exemplars and signposts

Tim Keller outlines two approaches to preaching about biblical characters as he preaches on Esther: An example – even a great example – can only crush you. It's crushing because it's

“95% of pastors are losers”?

Note: See the updates at the bottom of this post for important information. There’s a discussion in my denomination right now about the role of pastoral leadership. Our new president has written