Refined and Refreshed: A Year Later Jimmy Proulx·June 13, 2021It’s been a while. Honestly, it’s been over a year since my last blog post. For those of...
Idols of Sin vs. Idols of Suffering Brad Hambrick·May 11, 2021What is an idol? Simply put, an idol is anything we place our security, hope, identity, pleasure, or...
How to Cultivate Hope: Don’t Look at Circumstances Matt Ferris·May 9, 2021The book of Exodus opens with Israel in a bad state. The deliverance and preservation of Egypt wrought...
Pastors and Collateral Damage: 8 Compelling Reasons for Church Discipline John I. Snyder·May 4, 2021Lloyd Rediger, author of Clergy Killers, writes: “Collateral damage” is a military term that designates the damage done...
“So, What’s It Really like to Be a Pastor?” Dave Gipson·April 26, 2021This past year, pastors have resigned and left the ministry at historically high rates. Depression and even suicide...
A Silent Cry for Help John I. Snyder·April 11, 2021Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as...
It Follows: Let It Go Dave Gipson·January 21, 2021Last Friday night, I took my wife out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. The kids were...
For Want of the Truth, A Leader Was Lost John I. Snyder·January 17, 2021…for Want of a Leader, a Nation was Lost “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”...
Love One Another: A Human Impossibility Today? John I. Snyder·November 8, 2020The Bible is full of references to the subject of love in its connection with faith so that...
Pastor’s Rage: Abuse Ignored or Reinterpreted Away John I. Snyder·October 4, 2020Average parishioners would be disappointed, even scandalized, to discover that their spiritual leader could ever experience rage. For...
There Won’t Be Violins Dave Gipson·August 29, 2020About a year ago, our lives were tragically changed in an instant. Last June on Father’s Day, my...
Revolutionize Our Lives: Consider Others Better John I. Snyder·July 21, 2020Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each...
