This happened about a year ago and I laughed then. I saw it again the other day and found myself laughing all over again. Roscoe Smith—and it’s fitting that someone with the name Roscoe would do this—is the culprit. He… Continue Reading
John Newton explains the work of grace in the believers soul as more like a mighty oak tree than Jonah’s gourd which sprang up overnight. By “work of grace” Newton does not mean only initial conversion but the entire process… Continue Reading
Some 300 years ago Cotton Mather gave this advise to new ministers, and it is worth heeding today: Simply put: there are some things in life and ministry that you are simply not going to understand. File those away under… Continue Reading
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger… …unless you are a pastor. I wonder how many dear souls have been wounded by a pastor that is slow to… Continue Reading