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October 2020

October 16, 2020

What to do When the Sunday Sermon Was Bad

In an honest moment at lunch after church one Sunday I slammed my hand down...

October 22, 2018

How to Listen to a Sermon

Followers of Jesus hear hundreds, if not thousands, of sermons in our lifetimes. We often...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

Five Questions I Ask of Every Sermon

One of my life's greatest privileges is preaching God’s word week in and week out....

October 2017

October 01, 2017

What You Miss When You Don’t Gather With Your Church

In the last several years, observers of American church life have noted that the definition...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

What Do You Do if the Sunday Sermon Was Bad?

In an honest moment at lunch after church this past Sunday I slammed my hand...

November 2015

November 06, 2015

David and God’s Grace

(We are currently in a series on the life of David at Chelsea Village. As...

November 04, 2015

How to Preach in an Age of Sporadic Attendance Patterns

Recently many have noted the decline in overall church attendance. Fewer people attend church on...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

What I Learned from My Pastors

Like many pastors my age, if you were to ask who influenced me I would...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Some Pastoral Reflections on the Duggars

By now many reading this have heard about the scandal revolving around the Duggar family...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?

No discussion in our culture currently generates as much discussion as gay marriage. The two...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

Why We Should Stop Freaking Out About a Church at Buffalo Wild Wings

When Riverchase United Methodist Church announced they would hold church services in a local Buffalo...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Resolution on Payday Loans in Alabama

In two weeks Southern Baptists from all over Alabama will gather at Lakeside Baptist Church...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Christian Friends, Sit Down. We Need to Talk.

We live in interesting days. For several centuries Christians enjoyed a privileged place in American...

September 04, 2014

How to Keep Your Church from Blowing Up

One of my first stops every morning is Ray Ortlund’s blog at The Gospel Coalition....

July 2014

July 31, 2014

What I Wish I Would Have Known About Church Planting Before I Got Started

When you think about places that need new churches, heavily Republican leaning counties in Alabama...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Should We Pray for Revival?

Last night messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Baltimore gathered to pray...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

President Obama, The Gettysburg Address, and Christian Outrage

Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg address. President Obama read the address and...

November 01, 2013

Some Concerning Statistics about Men and the Church

This Sunday our church is continuing our series "The Gospel and the Family" by talking...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Guilt-Driven Preaching Needs to Die

"USA Christians like Starbucks more than Christ, latte's more than Lordship, doughnuts over discipleship, entertainment...

October 21, 2013

Making the Most of Halloween

In some circles of Christendom, you can start a great fight by talking about Halloween. ...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Loving our Neighbor In Practice

Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon give us a test in their book The Art of...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

What We Can Learn from Recent Events at the Basement

This week many Christians in Birmingham have been curiously watching the events surrounding Matt Pitt's...

August 13, 2013

The “Reasons the Church Sucks” Genre Has Got to Go

The internet is full of writings that fall into what could be best characterized as...

August 13, 2013

The Rise of the “Nones” Should Not Surprise Us

There has been a lot of discussion in the last few weeks about the trend...

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