Where's the Fire?

If we are only out to be nice, mild-mannered folk, we should either change our name or change our calling.

Barnabas, Advocate for the Despised

"Barnabas" was actually his nickname, given him by the apostles. It meant "Son of Encouragement," and it was most appropriate.

He was ...

Useful Pain

We are called to be not the honey of the world but the salt of the earth. Salt stings on an open wound, but it also saves one from gangrene.

Sermons Should be Hard

I've heard a lot of sermons in the past 10 years or so that make me want to get up and walk out. They're secular, psychological, self-help sermons. ...