By Grant Castleberry Through my time playing 5A Texas high school football, participating in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University, and later serving as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, and now serving at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I have encountered some incredibly gifted leaders. Men whose personalities seem larger...

By Owen Strachan Recently a brand-new conversation began among complementarians. Wendy Alsup wrote a post called “A New Wave of Complementarianism” that met with an enthusiastic online response. Many took note, and key leaders weighed in, including Kevin DeYoung and Thabiti Anyabwile. Any discussion on complementarianism is inherently interesting and important to me, and so...

By Dave Jenkins Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of this post, in which I talked about the importance of understanding the holiness of God in light of our purity. I also talked about how repentance must be the first step in overcoming lust. Undergirding my points about purity in the home, in the church, and...

By Dave Jenkins My sophomore year in high school, I was approached by a number of people who told me that no matter what I wanted, whether it was drugs or pornography, I could have it whenever I wanted.  At this time, I was a youth leader not only at church but also at my...

By J.A. Medders “He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.” Acts 11:24 Growing up I wanted to “be like Mike.” Who didn’t? He was the King of Basketball. I loved watching Jordan, and I loved imitating his dunks on my bedroom door’s Nerf goal. He was my role model...

By Andrew Hebert An ancient Chinese proverb says, “One generation plants the tree. The next enjoys the shade.” This is a restatement of the biblical truth that “whatever a man sows he will also reap,” but with a slight twist – “what you sow, others will reap.” Nowhere is this more relevant than the mandate...