The Shape of Influence
Seven years ago, I was sitting in the library at the University of Mississippi. I was in graduate school for philosophy, and this particular occasion I was read...
Category: Ministry
Should Each Sermon and Bible Study Be Immediately Practical?
People commonly ask (or even demand) that all sermons and Bible classes be practical and relevant. Preaching and teaching, they believe, should have practical a...
Inversion: Beginning in a Different Place with Our Problems
Several years ago, when talking with a college student in my ministry, he confessed feeling distant from God. He asked me what he should do. I get often get ask...