Truth & Love Blog
Three Dozen Quotes of Note on God’s Healing for Life’s Losses
These are my personal favorites from God’s Healing for Life’s Losses—quotes that most impact my life. Feel free to use them in your life and ministry.
Five to Live By
Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
Are You Smarter Than Anthony Weiner?
Unless you’ve been asleep for the past ten days, you’re aware of the fact that Congressman Weiner, after denying it, has now confessed that he sent inappropriate pictures of himself to several women. And he did it via a publicly accessible social media tool.
One Reason Christian Organizations Fail
I’ve seen it happen scores of times in Christian organizations—usually because Christian “leaders” are intimidated by high capacity talent. Rather than shepherding talented workers/ministers, fearful, insecure Christian leaders hold back, push down, and push out highly-skilled and highly-motivated people.
Your Résumé from God
Sadly, in far too many churches, the people of God are second-class citizens when it comes to the work of the ministry.
Christ’s Calling to the Church
Many people commented that they thought it was a tad arrogant for two pastors (Lloyd-Jones and DeYoung) to claim that their calling was somehow greater than the calling to any “non-pastor.”
“These Are Your Grandbabies!”
Do you want to be a spiritual grandparent—discipling disciple-makers? Do you want to pass the baton of ministry? Do you want to change lives?
Five to Live By
Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for -living.
Suicide, Salvation, and Eternal Security
Ever since the publication of my book God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting, I receive many emails, phone calls, and questions about grief. One of the most difficult questions I hear is from family members who have lost a loved one to suicide.
False Comfort
In love, God calls sin, “Sin!” In love, Christ confronted our sin with His death—that’s how seriously God takes sin. Internally serious wounds require an eternally serious cure.