I remember one of the first youth retreats I attended as the featured speaker. The retreat center was located in Pennsylvania, and I lived in East Texas. Instead of flying, my wife and I drove the entire way. In the snow. Inclement weather had closed several of the roads,… Read More

Inspiration God is the true author [of both Testaments], but his authorship is not executed with pen and ink, nor simply by the direct inspiration of literal penmen. His materials are the whole stuff of history and his hand is Providence. His “writing” of the scripture is just… Read More

It’s nice to tweet a Bible verse. In a cyberworld of tense news, negative comments, and harsh attacks, it’s encouraging to see Scripture on social media. But the 140 characters available on Twitter miss an important component—the same element that’s missed in any verse-of-the-day platforms, many songs, and… Read More

I’ve been reading a couple of books on the history of the Bible in America. I’m not finished, so no book reviews yet, but I want to share an impression. Biblical illiteracy is not new. Nor is the tendency to make the Bible into a good-luck charm, more… Read More

The apostle Paul faced a big challenge. He was in Athens, the city in which Socrates and Plato had philosophized nearly 500 years earlier. Now this Christian missionary had come to town with a different doctrine, and he was summoned to explain himself before the council of philosophers. Read More

One of the things that makes us powerful as followers of Jesus is in his tribe we always keep our hearts open to the new person God brings in. In his tribe we always understand that God is touching the fringes and bringing the edges into the center to… Read More

The Rich Young Ruler appears to have it all, but he comes to Jesus searching for answers to life (Matthew 19:16-22; Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23). Notice Jesus is not searching this young man out to tell him what to do; rather he makes himself available to the young man and… Read More

I have a love-hate relationship with technology. Purchasing my iPhone several years ago simplified and enlarged my life. With a GPS in my hand, I could go anywhere. I could know what was going on in the world at any given moment, just one app away! I could calculate… Read More

We were delighted to receive 241 responses after surveying the readers of this Leaders Blog on various questions related to Bible engagement and church identity. That sample size doesn’t give us fully reliable data on the state of the modern church, but we hope it can start a conversation. Read More

It’s increasingly clear that the younger generation is a significant mission field. As we plan effective ministry in the coming years, we will have to address the unique traits of the millennials, people now thirty and younger. The “Millennials and the Bible” survey commissioned by American Bible Society and InterVarsity… Read More