For honest Christians (should there be any other kind?), becoming like Jesus Christ—or what Scripture calls sanctification—is often an anticlimactic process. No matter how much better we become over time, no matter how much more loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled we are this year compared to last year (Galatians 5:22-23), […]

I first met Tim Keller eleven years ago. I believed it then, and I still believe it now…that he is the best English-speaking Christian preacher, thinker, and visionary of our time. I am not alone in this. And yet, having also gotten to serve “up close” under his leadership, there are other things about Tim that endear him […]

For our entire marriage, Patti and I have sought to learn as much from our living hero, Joni Eareckson Tada, as we possibly can. Recently, Joni gifted to us the following reflection, which became the Foreword to my new book for pastors, parents, coaches, executives, stage performers, and anyone else who has been entrusted with […]