Articles

I’ve written about 50 articles for Preaching Today, Leadership Journal, and CT Pastors. Below are a few of my favorites. If you’d like to browse all my articles at their website, click the button below.

Transfer Agents

For our flock to persevere in the faith, they need to know God’s comfort, and that’s where we come in. We are their lead comforters, ...
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Sharing in the Sufferings of Christ

Any kind of suffering we face—illness, defiant kids, financial woes—now have a discipleship function. They school us in trust and obedience. Even Jesus “learned obedience ...
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Comforters

There’s nothing quite like personal suffering to round out a pastor’s ministry. And God sees to it that none of us go on for long ...
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‘With Prayer and Fasting’

Our churches face more danger than we and our fellow elders probably realize. In recent years, our churches have started security teams who quietly keep ...
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‘To Continue in the Faith’

To help Christian pilgrims in their progress toward the Celestial City God gives them shepherds, which is where we come in. It is sweet work ...
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Strong Medicine

Whenever I get to spend a day with a small group of pastors I begin by asking, “How is shepherding good for your soul and ...
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