How To's

Anyone who has lived through the emotional rollercoaster of church planting knows that timing can feel like everything. The calendar looms large. Seasons come with their own momentum, challenges, routines, and anxieties. So leaders often ask whether there is a single best time of year to launch a church plant. The short answer is that…

My friend and mentor Dr. James Richardson used to tell of a neighboring pastor who constantly griped about how busy he was.  “That was the laziest preacher on the planet,” said James. In reflecting on over sixty years of service in the Kingdom, I suspect that what sometimes comes across as pastoral laziness is more…

“He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (Proverbs 16:32).  And on the other hand, “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls” (Proverbs 25:28). Christian self-control is a mighty good thing…

Let's talk about the security of believers, and let's start with: "…and they shall never perish….” (John 10:28) (What follows is not Baptist doctrine.  This has nothing to do with denominationalism.  This is about the Bible.  It’s about the clear teaching of Jesus.  Thank you.) Can you unfry an egg?  Can you uncook a casserole?…