God gives people a mission without always giving them a script. Pastors should lead in the same way—equipping others for ministry, giving them room to act, and helping them grow through both success and failure. God calls us to co-labor with him, not live as micromanaged robots.
God gives people a mission without always giving them a script. Pastors should lead in the same way—equipping others for ministry, giving them room to act, and helping them grow through both success and failure. God calls us to co-labor with him, not live as micromanaged robots.
Porn is rarely just about lust. Sometimes it’s driven by passion, sometimes by pain—but beneath both is often the same longing: intimacy.
When pastors let fear of backlash silence the pulpit, churches become echo chambers. Faithfulness to Jesus must come before keeping everyone comfortable.
Political views draw lines, name enemies, and protect power. Jesus erases lines, names neighbors, and gives himself away. A series of contrasts about what happens when political certainty meets the unsettling way of Christ.
The pandemic placed pastors in impossible situations, but the deepest challenge wasn’t masks, closures, or online services. It was confronting the political idols shaping the American church. Too many pastors learned to remain silent while partisan loyalties became entangled with Christian faith. The church will not find freedom until it addresses the golden calf in…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey explores hospitality, violence, guilt, and responsibility in ways that unexpectedly echo the gospel.
When opposition, free will, or our own choices obstruct God’s plans, he remains faithful to recalculate the path toward his desires. Our calling is to keep our eyes on him and remain faithful—even through long suffering.
Jamin Bradley 