Lord knows I loved my time at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. I made great friends, was surrounded by phenomenal professors, and learned a method of bible study that finds its way into virtually every sermon I preach.  In fact, each of the sermons-turned-chapters in Head Scratchers began with the inductive, observational approach I Read the full article…

As I thought about Sunday’s message — both before and after its delivery — the phrase “exegetical joy” came to me. Huh? Exegesis is the art and science of drawing the meaning out of a biblical text (as opposed to eisegesis which is reading a (foreign) meaning into the text). And exegesis done even remotely Read the full article…

This week starts a new series at Good Shepherd:  Movementum.   Drawing from both the life and the letters of Peter, we will see together how a living relationship with Jesus Christ builds on its own motion.  The Gospel writers in particular are simply brilliant in the detailed way they describe Peter’s peripatetic (you can Read the full article…

Put everything you’ve got into your preaching, because you never know who is listening. The young woman who wrote this on her Good Shepherd connection card is twelve.

I continue to be amazed at the level at which people share with me in counseling. It is a high privilege that people trust me and the other pastors on our staff with so much. It is also a deep responsibility. What does that combination of high privilege and deep responsibility demand of me in pastoral Read the full article…