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July 2026

July 21, 2026

Newton on Fellowship with other Christians and God Himself

I've been thinking just a little bit about how little we value real communion with...

July 30, 2024

Are Christian Blogs Dead? Why I still identify as a blogger

Am I a Personal Blogger or a Columnist? So many of the blogs I used...

April 2024

April 22, 2024

Ten Things Jesus Did NOT Say

Jesus contradicts and rebukes modern Western Culture. Are his followers today counter cultural enough? 1....

July 2020

July 26, 2020

Jesus, Have Your Way

Sometimes we get frustrated because God is not answering our prayers the way we want...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Jesus is King so Serve Him

Are you in complete service to God as Kanye West now describes himself? If Jesus...

December 2018

December 14, 2018

Ten Commandments of Jesus – Let’s Love and Follow Him

Do you really LOVE Jesus? If so, Jesus himself says to you as the year...

August 2018

August 02, 2018

Can a Christian Lose Salvation?

Can I be sure I am going to Heaven? In one of my recent articles,...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

Stott on Watchbloggers & Liberals

Of course the term 'angry watchbloggers' hadn’t been invented during John Stott’s lifetime. But the...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

Ten Principles for Online Christians

Perhaps the most remarkable advance in the history of human technology is the way social...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Jesus Commands: Follow Me

When Jesus tells us to follow him he doesn't mean to subscribe to his...

January 2018

January 01, 2018

Jesus Commands: Be Born Again

At the beginning of this year, I have resolved to look more closely at the commands...

January 08, 2017

It’s a good time to look to Jesus, humble ourselves, and pray

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek...

January 06, 2016

How reasonable are you? (Philippians 4:5 & Titus 3:1-3)

“Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.” ‭‭(Philippians‬ ‭4:5‬) Remind them to be submissive to...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

A bit of happiness on a Monday morning

So it's Monday morning. Another week begins. Do you choose weariness and despair, or hope...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Introducing my new book, written with Tope Koleoeo

I can now announce that my new book Hope Reborn - How to Become a...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Why God doesn’t want you to have a personal relationship with him

Wait, so I have finally become a heretic right with a headline like that, right?...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

Is the concept of privacy and discretion dead even among Christians?

This week there has been another stirring in the Christian blogosphere. A sometimes controversial church...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

All we need is love: discussion with Frank Viola about Social Media Principles and Practice for Christians

Frank Viola and I connected online to record this conversation via zoom.us, a tool I...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Henry Tyler: Getting your marching orders. Missional preaching from the 1980s

This is the real cream of the crop of this discipleship series. No one is...

January 20, 2014

Henry Tyler: Laughing all the way to the bank

This third session in a series from my mentor Henry Tyler focusses on the vital...

January 17, 2014

More discipleship from Henry Tyler: “Being a High Flier for God”

In this second session of the audio discipleship course I introduced you to in the...

January 15, 2014

Learn from my mentor Henry Tyler, a wise pastor now in glory

I have been looking forward to this moment for a very long time. I have...

January 10, 2014

Recapturing the vital place of one on one discipleship a session by Eddy Leo

In this third session of our recent 300 Leaders conference, Eddy Leo reminded us of...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

What kind of leader should we choose?

In 1 Samuel 16 our gaze begins to turn from the failed leadership of King...

October 07, 2013

A Meditation on the Many Manifestations of Pride an excerpt from Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung

My friends at Crossway have kindly allowed me to post this extract from Kevin De...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Repudiating entitlement

Entitlement is really another word for pride. It simply means "I deserve better." There is...

October 2012

October 22, 2012

What is a Christian?

I believe it is very important that we broaden our definition of Christian, but at...

October 03, 2011

When someone else must become greater

The following quote is speaking about John the Baptist's willingness for Jesus to be greater....

September 2011

September 08, 2011

John Piper on self promotion vs being influential for Jesus

In keeping with my theme this week of self-examination, I thought I would highlight two...

September 07, 2011

Don't Believe your own publicity

Today I also wanted to repost an article I wrote two years ago that has...