Communication Failures in Ministry

If you’ve served in ministry for any length of time, you know that open communication is absolutely crucial for success. I think just about every ministry failure I’ve ever witnessed has been tied in some way or another to poor communication. And I assume the same thing could be said of failures outside of ministry. Sure, there is poor planning and poor management; but, communication is as important to success as anything else is. [Read more...]

Our Victory vs. God's Holiness

Last night after everyone else was quietly tucked in bed, I spent some time reading Jerry Bridges’s The Pursuit of Holiness and came across a quote that made me stop and think. Bridges recounts some of the problems we have in our Christian faith, problems with sin and problems with holiness. [Read more...]