Guest post by Andrew J. Belcher. For more on Andrew, visit https://www.olivetbiblechurch.org. 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland, John Calvin...

The pastor cannot offer to his or her congregation what he or she has not received, namely, an encounter with God in the ordinary life of...

Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God, not through violent resistance, but by dying on a cross at the hands of the Roman empire. Life in...

When I worked at Liberti Center City and Main Line, I spent a large portion of my time there working with the homeless ministry, Emmanuel....

In the Book of Jubilees, the Angel of the Presence begins dictating the heavenly tablets at the creation story, stating that at the...

The New Testament repeatedly and clearly calls on Christians to share their wealth with the poor (Hays 466). Because all humans are...

The first time I read M. Craig Barnes’s The Pastor as Minor Poet, I was enthralled by the image of pastor as poet: “What the congregation...

Tremper Longman III's commentary on the Psalms is a recent entry in the popular long-running commentary series, Tyndale Old Testament...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer rejects an ethical schema based on principles or abstract universals (145). Instead, ethics arise out of a...

N. T. Wright describes virtue as living out the values of the Kingdom of God in the present age and practicing those virtuous habits...

Of the two camps cited by Wilson and Nathan, I certainly am more suspicious of “those who view a rich diet of subjective revelation as a...

In His earthly ministry, Jesus initiated the Kingdom of God breaking into the world (Mark 1:15; Mat. 6:10), particularly through His...

Listening is an essential discipline when it comes to Scripture. Eugene Peterson writes: "Listening is an interpersonal act; it involves...

When St. Paul refers to “the Law”, he typically means the Mosaic Law as a whole (Moo 84, 90; Gal. 3:10). The Law had a limited and set...

An essential pastoral task is to declare to the congregation that their sins are forgiven. “Our burdens find their ultimate relief only...

Humanity was created to have dominion over God’s creation in order to guide its progress and help it develop according to God’s plan for...

For the music director: A Psalm of David. v. 1 How long, Lord? [despairing David speaks to God] Will you forget me forever? How long...

Eugene H. Peterson and M. Craig Barnes provide a powerful challenge to contemporary pastors: your calling is not rooted in what you do,...

Christians approach the ethical task primarily as those who participate in the life of Christ. St. Paul states that “we are no longer...

I am a huge fan of the band, U2. I particularly love their classic 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. One of the iconic songs on that album...