By Aaron Menikoff

Christians are often accused of being so heavenly-minded they’re of no earthly good. More than 100 years ago, activist Joe Hill thought as much. While traveling throughout America, he drew cartoons and wrote songs in defense of America’s poor. He had no patience for pastors who preached for spiritual conversion without providing physical comfort. In …

Thank God for the “Pie in the Sky”: Why the Heavenly Minded Do the Most Earthly Good Read More »

In my early years at my church, I’d sometimes ask longtime members about the pastors who preceded me. I wasn’t tempting them to gossip, but I was hoping to learn something about the church. I often discovered what they value in a pastor. Over time I noticed a pattern. Whomever I asked about the first …

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“Vigilance” has to be the war-cry of every pastor. “The true Christian is called to be a soldier,” wrote J. C. Ryle, “and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death.”[1] Pastors face a myriad of temptations. All are common—idleness, lust, and anger. Some are made sharper by …

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It happens every day in courts across America. A judge utters a few words, pounds his gavel on the desk, and a child receives a new family. This moment is always bittersweet. Adoptions take place because biological parents are either unable, unfit, or unwilling to care for the child they brought into the world. But …

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