God Buries His Workmen but Carries On His Work
Originally published at The Christian Post on September 3, 2025. Modified September 21, 2025 “God buries His workmen but carries on His work.” The saying is…
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A Christ-Centered Memorial Service Remembering John MacArthur
Originally published at The Christian Post on August 27, 2025. I have a beef with church funerals. In many of them these days, the focus is…
“Uncle John”: Remembering the man who changed the face of evangelicalism
Originally published at Premiere Christianity on April 25, 2025. John Stott, once named among of the 100 most influential people in the world, possessed a borderless…
George Sweeting (1924-2024), Laid to rest in his 100th year
This is the eulogy I read at my dad’s funeral service. ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, George Sweeting, age 99, passed away peacefully in his home on…
20 Reasons To Give Thanks As I Reflect on CCU in 2021
One of the few hymns even younger Christian students still know is called ‘The Doxology.’ It is sung in congregations around the world every…
The Blessing of Having a Moses, an Aaron and a Hur in Your Life
I happen to be a Calvinist who believes in prayer. Not that I have figured out how everything works together—(God’s absolute sovereignty and petitionary…
My Appreciation for the PCA: Observations of an EPC Pastor
As an EPC pastor who just attended the 2011 PCA General Assembly in Virginia Beach, I’d like to speak in praise of the PCA.…
How Has Christianity Failed You? Responding to a Billboard Campaign
There is an ad appearing on one of our city’s electronic billboard—it provocatively asks: HOW HAS CHRISTIANITY FAILED YOU? It then invites people to…
Why Do We Need the Lausanne Movement? (Lausanne/Cape Town Memo #14)
After a week here in Cape Town at Lausanne III, two more convictions stand out. First, the evangelical movement worldwide is growing, outpacing many…
The Shift of the Christian Center (Lausanne/Cape Town 2010 Memo #13)
Where is the center of the Christian world? I remember having a conversation with my dad about this back in the 1980s. At the…