The god of Open Options
Prometheus
An Alternative Royal Wedding
No Pain Was Spared Him. No Blessing Will Be Denied You.
“He spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; how shall he not with him freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32) Read more
My Greatest Snare Is Myself
O Lord,
My every sense, member, faculty, affection,
is a snare to me, Read more 
More Choices, Less Commitment
I’ve been writing and preaching quite a bit recently about keeping my, sorry, our options open. And why that’s generally a very bad thing. Read more
The god of Open Options
Christianity Today recently published my article, “Are You Worshiping the Idol of Open Options?“. If you’re short of time, the answer is: “Probably.” Read more
I Don’t Wait Anymore
This is exactly right. A great encouragement – and an exhortation – to those of us who are single, and have waited a long time in the hope of marriage. Read more
How Can We Share The Gospel Without A “Sinner’s Prayer”?
The last couple of weeks we’ve been thinking about “The Sinner’s Prayer”. I started with a definition of what I mean by the term, and then suggested that it led to at least three serious spiritual maladies. Read more
When Shouldn’t We Use “The Sinner’s Prayer”?
Last week, I gave a bit of background on “The Sinner’s Prayer”, exploring what it is, and what it isn’t.
Just to be clear, then, I’m not about to argue that sinners shouldn’t cry out for God’s mercy. Read more
Should We Use “The Sinner’s Prayer”?
It’s been the source of controversy at the Southern Baptist Convention, with David Platt calling it “superstitious”. And yet a recent Christianity Today editorial called it “a work of genius, as brilliant as the simple formulations of Martin Luther”. Read more
Mark In Miniature
When you read Mark’s Gospel, it’s striking how often Jesus speaks of “the kingdom of God”. Carl Laferton and I have developed a short presentation of the Gospel which majors on this theme. It does it using five simple pictures.
Discipleship – Now What?
Over the past weeks, we’re been focusing on why we should disciple and what keeps us from doing it. In one of those delightful incidents the world calls serendipity and Christians call providence, 9Marks have just published an e-journal on the subject of discipleship. Read more
What Does It Mean To “Preach Christ”?
We’ve talked a lot these past few weeks about the centrality of the gospel in discipling, teaching and preaching. Read more
How Can We Disciple Well?
Over the past five weeks, we’ve been thinking about why Western evangelical churches have not been discipling well. So now what? What practical steps can we take to improve? Read more
