This image is based on Revelation 3:20, which is also the final text in my series on mispplied Scriptures. Open the post to find the link to the lesson.

I’m posting a lesson I taught yesterday on Matthew 25:31-46, on how best to interpret this passage that is often misapplied.

“Ordination” is a longstanding practice of acknowledging the calling of a person to serve the Lord vocationally—usually as a pastor or preacher. But its origins predate the Church. There is one ordination in the Bible that defies all categories, and launched the ministry of a man who thought God had taken away his calling to do more than he could have dreamed.

It’s not every day you get a compliment for what you admit you don’t know.

Recently, a good friend from my “pastoral past” wrote with some important questions about prayer. Many of us have had the same questions, but they were made much more personal for him through the recent loss of his wife. Here is the exchange we had.

Here’s an update about our Updates!

The disciples didn’t know it, but their entire world would change the day following Pentecost eve. They’d waited, but had no idea what the new life would be. Just like us, sometimes.

Tim Keller’s death has prompted an incredible number of tributes across the evangelical and larger cultures. One common theme leads me to reflect and repent.

Stained glass windows of the Ascension fill churches throughout the world, but it is a day that provokes little interest among most Bible-believing Christians. It should. Read on for why this is the case.

Reconsidering an unfortunate nickname for a faithful follower of Jesus.

One man’s death as a New Year began gives us all something to think about as this New Year begins.

Waiting is drawing to a close. Christmas comes tomorrow. But then, the waiting continues.

Christmas lights do more than sparkle, they bear witness.