pastoring

When Pastors Declare Victory Too Soon

I came across an article I submitted to Leadership Journal twenty years ago. Leadership Journal, now defunct, was legendary back then, and not just for the comics (the first thing I’d read)

I Can’t Get Over the Privilege

Over thirty years in, I can’t get over the privilege of being a pastor. I still remember the day I took note of this verse: I thank him who has given me

What is a Disciple?

What is a disciple? Most of us assume the answer. It’s like the saying, “I’ll know it when I see it.” We’re wise, though, to wrestle with the definition, because

Go Narrow, Go Deep

Pick a book from the Hebrew Scriptures, and pick a book from the New Testament. If you want to go even narrower, pick a passage: the Servant Songs of Isaiah, the Sermon on

Twelve Principles of Making Disciples

In the first season of the Gospel for Life podcast, I got to read a dozen books and talk to twelve leading thinkers and practitioners of disciple-making. It was helpful and a lot