BEFORE READING FURTHER: Two hours after I posted this essay, Eugene Peterson submitted a retraction of his original words, as quoted in this essay, in Christianity Today. You can read his [...]

  Living in Nashville, also known as “Music City,” can create some unique opportunities. For me, one of these opportunities is getting to serve about once a month as backstage chaplain to [...]

  Every now and then, God throws something a pastor’s way to remind said pastor that the gospel is sinking in to the congregation that he serves. This happened to me recently, when a [...]

When Adam and Eve rejected God’s goodness and authority by eating the forbidden fruit, their eyes were opened and they suddenly recognized that they were naked. This new, self-conscious reality [...]