Interesting piece from Leadership Network. Half of them are expositors and the only one I have not heard (or even heard of) is the one Episcopalian listed! Graham Named Most Influential PreacherProtestant pastors see Billy Graham as the most influential living preacher, by a large margin, according to the results of a recent survey conducted…

I found this fascinating. Kevin makes an important point for us. We do students a disservice if we do not teach them to think through issues and engage with others. For starters, being hurt is easier than being right. To prove you’re offended you just have to rustle up moral indignation and tell the world…

Listened to a great sermon while working out the other day. You can listen, read, or watch it online at Desiring God

From Josh Harris’ new book “Dug Down Deep” I mostly floated through grown-up church. Like a lot of teenagers in evangelical churches, I found my sense of identity and community in the parallel universe of the youth ministry. Our youth group was geared to being loud, fast paced, and fun. It was modeled on the…

“Packer’s last crusade in this world,” the Rev. Dr. J.I. Packer affirms, is recovering catechesis — systematic instruction in the Christian fundamentals — to meet the challenges of an increasingly pagan age. He called it “ridiculous to think that no more learning of the faith is necessary after confirmation has taken place.” Dr. Packer said…

He’s back—Tic Long has returned to Youth Specialties! In the early years of the Youth Specialties ministry, Wayne Rice and Mike Yaconelli hired Tic Long. For more than 30 years Tic helped lead Youth Specialties and helped pioneer much of who and what the ministry is today. Tic’s return as Executive Director of Youth Specialties…

Eden – A Story Of Hope from Matt Wilson on Vimeo.

I don’t even know when I walk into a church that says it’s Bible-believing that I’m actually going to hear an exposition of Scripture with Christ at the center, or whether I’m going to hear about how I should “dare to be a Daniel.” The question is not whether we have imperatives in Scripture. The…

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I’ve hesitated to write about Tiger. First of all, his travails are reaching the point of media saturation, I think. His story has been glamorized and made into a sick form of entertainment. Of course it’s exactly the kind of entertainment our culture loves. We love reality shows which, by and large, are only pseudo-reality.…