John Piper once wrote, “Books don’t change people; paragraphs do. Sometimes even sentences.”[1] Though true in every dimension of my life, three sentences related to pastoral ministry have been meaningful to me that I would like to share with you. Sentence 1 The...

Introduction I love reading John Owen (1616–1683). Like other Puritan pastors, he wrote theologically weighty tomes and spiritually affecting treatises. Over the past three years, I have read three of Owen’s theological works—his Discourse on the Holy Spirit, The...

A concerned family member recently asked me to intervene in a political discussion gone sour on Facebook between two relatives. “I can’t,” I responded, “I have a root canal scheduled.” “Really?” she replied. “No, but I’d rather have that than log on to Facebook,” I...