The Christian Ministry

A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

The Severe Kindness of Jesus

Hearing Mercy in His Hard Words

How to Read a Book by God

Eight Questions for Better Understanding

A Friend on the Trail of Tears

How a Baptist Missionary Became a Cherokee

‘Oh Slay the Wicked’

How Christians Sing Curses

Comforting Lies About Suffering

How the Prosperity Gospel Hurts People

A Time for Courageous Love

Habits of Grit

Athletics, Grace, and the Christian Work Ethic

‘Just Not Feeling It’

How Routine Awakens Devotion

Digital Resistance

Three Habits for the Internet Age

Following Christ in a Female Body

Rediscovering the Joy of Writing

Six Lessons for a Lifelong Habit

Fit for Office

How Some Exercise Extends Ministry

Wrestling with What Won’t Be

The Meaning of Midlife Melancholy

Living Well Among Thorns

Finding Strength in Physical Weakness

Greet with a Holy Kiss?

Applying an Uncomfortable Command

How to See Your Wife

Three Ways to Love Her Better

The Wilderness of the Little Years

How Satan Tempts Tired Parents

River of Return

The New-Covenant Theology of John’s Baptism

Faith in an Age of Unbelief

Breaking the Spells of Modernity

The God We Can Kiss

Keep Them from Sex

A Demon’s Plea for Abstinence

Mothers of the Soul

Puritan Lessons in Encouraging Faith

Do Not Hinder Them

Why We Baptize Believing Children

Loud and Quiet Women

The Portrait God Finds Beautiful