Leading study tours to Israel is one of the great privileges of my life. I made my first pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1995 and have loved the nation and its people ever since. Being on a boat on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on the water—standing in front of the “gates …
Dr. John Haggai was the founder of Haggai International, one of the most effective global leadership ministries in Christian history. He was a brilliant leader, expositor, and writer. He was also a personal mentor to me when I pastored the church he and his wife attended in Atlanta. During one of our lunches, he asked …
I learned recently that Bert Dominy had passed away. Dr. Dominy was my systematic theology professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 1980. His was the first course I took in my seminary career. In our first class, he made a statement I have not forgotten: every significant doctrine of the Christian …
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O. Alan Noble has written for the Atlantic, Vox, Christianity Today, the Gospel Coalition, and First Things. The author of Disruptive Witness, he is one of the most perceptive evangelical cultural analysts working today. Dr. Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, cofounder and editor in chief of Christ …
I have been working hard for years to stay in some semblance of physical shape. I do core exercises and walk at least three miles every day, lift weights three times a week, and try to be careful about what I eat. I also hike one of my favorite trails occasionally. It’s a little more …
A 1997 silent retreat at a Jesuit retreat center in Atlanta was transforming for me. In those two days, the Holy Spirit impressed on me in a new and powerful way the fact of my Father’s unconditional love for me. Like many pastors, my self-esteem was largely centered in my ministerial performance. When our church …
For the last two years, most mothers have been forced to stay inside for Mother’s Day. Now that they can finally go out on this special day, the Wall Street Journal has some suggestions for gifts they need. It’s perhaps not too late for you to order one of these for your mother (if you’ll …