I’m about to finish Paul David Tripp’s book Dangerous Calling and his chapter on self-glory alone is worth buying the book. Regarding self-glory he says, “Perhaps in ministry there is no more potent intoxicant than the praise of men, and there is no more dangerous form of drunkenness than to be drunk with your own…
Several weeks ago I finished reading Andreas Kostenberger and David Jones’ book God, Marriage, and Family: Rebuilding the Biblical Foundation. It was insightful and informative on many accounts. One account was their interaction with Proverbs 22:6 which reads, “train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will…
Today a letter was read to our “Marriage and Family” seminar that was unbelievably heavy and served as a gracious warning to men who pride themselves on being busy, driven, assertive, etc. It was written by a seminary student several years ago who attended Southern Seminary. The article appears in the 2011 edition of the…
Read this article by Dr. Wayne Mack on the Anatomy of an Affair.
Almost seven years ago I heard Dr. Chad Brand from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary say that he had read the Bible through something like thirty times. I was amazed, challenged, encouraged, and motivated. At that time I had been in ministry about three years and I’m ashamed to say at that time I had…
Chris Brauns in Unpacking Forgiveness: biblical answers for complex questions and deep wounds is helpful in defining this so often grossly misunderstood truth. He defines forgiveness as “a commitment by the one true God to pardon graciously those who repent and believe so that they are reconciled…
Theology Along the Way 