How should pastors pastor?

One of the most Googled questions in the world is “why do bad things happen to good people?” All the world’s religions and philosophies have tried to explain suffering, and how to avoid it or minimize it. Unfortunately, Bible-believing Christians often have a hazy and vague understanding of suffering. Often…

Some Christians think we must approach the last days with hysteria, urgency and panic. But the book of 1 Peter 4:7-11 gives us an almost opposite approach to living in the last days

Christians have to think about the effects non-Christians will have on them as we go to the same schools, universities, and workplaces. Socialization is going to take place. But who will influence whom? One approach is isolation. Another approach is assimilation. But the book of 1 Peter teach us to…

Some people teach that Christianity is only a life of victory and success. But Peter tells us that the great Gospel shape is one of first humility, before victory, first death, then resurrection. He helps us see the great descent and ascent of Jesus in 1 Peter 3:18-22, and he…

Christians are going to suffer in this life. The typical responses to this suffering range from shock to grief, to confusion to near-despair. He wants us to recognize that righteous suffering is in His plan, and presents us with some of our greatest opportunities to know and show Christ. Suffering…