I’m Addicted
I’m addicted to the gospel. It burns inside of me. And it seems to get hotter ever day. I can’t stop thinking about it, talking about it, writing about it, reading about it, wrestling with it, reveling...
View ArticleRethinking Progress
The gospel has me reconsidering the typical way we think about Christian growth. It has me rethinking spiritual measurements and maturity; what it means to change, develop, grow; what the pursuit of...
View ArticleToo Good To Be True
Having concluded a fourteen week sermon series on the book of James the week before (you can access that entire series for free here), I began a new six-week sermon series this past Sunday entitled...
View ArticleDeconstructing Moralism
A lot of conversation has been happening with regard to the nature of the gospel and it’s role in sanctification. First, Kevin DeYoung and I engaged in a healthy dialogue about this a few months ago...
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Law Without Gospel Leads To Licentiousness
I received this letter a few weeks ago from someone I’ve never met. He sent it to me as a word of encouragement regarding how the message of grace has revitalized his love for God. I hesitated to post...
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The Gift Of Self-Forgetfulness
“Many pulpits across the land consistently preach the Christian and not the Christ.” Todd Wilken As I said in Ed Stetzer’s interview of me a couple weeks ago, the way many of us think about...
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Might As Well Face It, You’re Addicted To Law
I’ll never forget hearing Dr. Doug Kelly (one of my theology professors in seminary) saying in class, “If you want to make people mad, preach law. If you want to make them really, really mad preach...
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Another Way To Go
One of the most enduring works of art over the past two hundred years is Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. Rarely does a decade go by without a fresh film adaptation or staging of the classic musical it...
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Earrings And One Way Love
Below is an excerpt from One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World. Critical environments are contexts which (while never explicitly stated) shout: “my approval of you, love for you, and...
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Inexhaustible Grace for the Exhausted Pastor
During the Key Life Pastors’ Pre-Conference at Liberate 2014, my topic will be “Inexhaustible Grace for the Exhausted Pastor.” Why that subject? Wherever I go and whoever I talk to (regardless of age...
View ArticleMy Monday Morning Need Of The Gospel
For preachers, Monday mornings can be dark. I can’t speak for every preacher, but the devil works hard to discourage me on Monday’s–reminding me of all my faults and failures and how unqualified I am...
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