The Lack of a Spiritual Center

The number one struggle of Christian leaders is a lack of personal internal organization--that is, a sense of the spiritual center.

Lord, Convert My Parish

My God, grant me the conversion of my parish; I am willing to suffer all my life whatsoever it may please thee to lay upon me; yes even for a hundred ...

Sinners All

Journalists miss the point when they keep asking, after each new church scandal, if a preacher's fall has shaken the believers' faith. Sin rather ...

Sermons Should Be Wept Over

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over.

The Job of the Preacher

As preachers, our job is to present unashamedly the Christian moral point of view: "It's just plain true. Folks, this is the way God is, and ...

When Prayer Makes Sense

Max Lucado writes:

Prayer only makes sense when you have quit trying to do ministry yourself. I've learned that as things go smoothly, I pray less. ...

Vision, or Just an Idea?

You don't have vision just because you have an idea. If you don't have risk, you probably just have an idea.

Papa's in the Pen

While I conducted my usual Tuesday evening prison ministry, my wife decided to attend a local home sales party. Our 15-year-old daughter, Faith, was at ...

Know What You're Saying

They that cannot speak clearly, seldom clearly understand what to speak.

Spitting in the Face of a Saint

One of the great nineteenth-century preachers was a Scottish Presbyterian, Alexander Whyte, a wonderful man with a powerful sense of the evil that resided ...