The following article was written by Bryan Stoudt. Part Two, Part Three, Conclusion After the service, the pastor’s wife was pleasant but distant. Whenever the conversation turned toward her, she perked up. But as the
Part One, Part Two, Part Three In describing the ideal, godly woman, a wise king once asked, ‘An excellent wife who can find?’ (Proverbs 31:10) The question has enormous relevance for a man called to
I’ll never forget telling my wife. I woke up early that Thursday morning—still energized over our first public service the Sunday before—for a 7am meeting. Glancing at my phone before heading out the door, I
This post was originally featured on Desiring God. Prodigal kids: the gaping wound for many Christian parents. A child, whether adolescent or adult, is living out their worst nightmare by charting a course away from
This article has also appeared on The Gospel Coalition. My leadership teeth were cut in a denomination where non-vocational elders didn’t exist. It wasn’t simply that our tithing base provided the luxury of full-time pastor-elders.
This post was originally published on The Gospel Coalition Our neighbor looked more than a bit puzzled at my daughter’s answer. “I bet you’re looking forward to October 31, aren’t you?” she asked. My precocious
This article was originally published on The Gospel Coalition. Ask my four children what their father loves and ranking high on the list after “Jesus, our mom, baseball, and the Georgia Bulldogs,” might just be
My first real exposure to a Christian movement was high school in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Like any middle-class, public high school, there were different people groups. There were jocks, nerds, emo kids, and of
Most careers travel a traditional path to the top. Being a lawyer starts with getting a law degree. Then comes the Bar Exam, and if you manage to pass, you might get an entry level
As a teenager, my buddy fancied himself a hotshot skateboarder. Trying to do an ollie (a jump and board flip in midair) he landed badly and snapped the bone in his arm. The real ache
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