Resources
Time to Step Up
Men can be dictators or doormats. Kevin helps answer how men can initiate spiritual growth in ways compelling and compassionate.
Theology for Ministry: How Doctrine Affects Pastoral Life and Practice
This book is a celebration of Sinclair Ferguson’s life and ministry and an exploration of essential biblical and confessional truths.
The Lord’s Prayer Teaches Us How to Pray Every Other Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a model for us. It’s not the only prayer that we ever pray, and Jesus is not telling his disciples (or telling us), You just have to say this one prayer with these words. It’s a very short prayer, but it really is a model. And it helps us to pray every other kind of prayer.
God’s Gift of New Eyes and a New Identity, PCA General Assembly 2022
In this sermon delivered at the 49th PCA General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama, Kevin spoke from 2 Corinthians 5:16-17.
Death to the Patriarchy?
In this episode, Kevin reasons why we should be careful not to banish patriarchy to the ash heap of history too quickly.
The Lord’s Prayer Reignites Our Desire to Want to Pray
It’s encouraging to me in that Jesus gives us a model to pray. The disciples want to know how should we be praying. It’s striking that Jesus doesn’t tell them what time of the day they should pray or how many minutes they should pray. He doesn’t give them a specific formula, but he gives them some broad points.
When Roe Was Overturned
Maybe the movie ends with the good guys smiling with grateful satisfaction, knowing that whatever failures lay in the past, and whatever dangers lie ahead, this was a day for celebration.
Praying to Our Father Is a Spiritual Privilege
Remember who you are talking to in prayer. Jesus puts the prayer into the most intimate family terms. It’s not, first, about proper protocol; when we know to whom we are talking, the right approach will follow.
The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Being “Political”
In this episode, Kevin reads from the second of a series of articles for WORLD Opinions on how to think about Christianity and politics.
The Mission of the Church
The hard part about missions is not saying all the wonderful things we would like to do, but what are the really good things we aren’t going to do.
How to Think about Christianity and Politics
This column begins a series of columns that will try to help us think about what we need to think about.
Pillars of Pastoral Ministry
One of the works of the pastor is to put fuel in the tank of his people and to make sure it is good gospel fuel.
Two Cheers for Religion
Obviously, if the choice is between the gospel and religion, I’ll take the gospel. But what if by relentlessly denigrating “religion,” we are creating as many problems as we are trying to solve?
Unsung Heroes: Oneisiphorus
Being a hero is quite simple – sacrifice self to serve others. Sacrifice self to serve others. That’s a Christian hero.
When Roe Was Overturned
Maybe the movie ends with the good guys smiling with grateful satisfaction, knowing that whatever failures lay in the past, and whatever dangers lie ahead, this was a day for celebration.
The Good News of Limited Atonement
The death of Christ was sufficient to atone for the sins of the whole world, but it was God’s will that it should effectively redeem those and only those who were chosen from eternity and given to Christ by the Father.
The Hot Topic of Our Generation, Evangile 21 2022
In this interview with Benjamin Eggen outside the Evangile 21 Conference in Geneva Switzerland, Kevin discusses topics from his book, Men and Women in the Church, about the challenge of Benjamin’s generation to defend the beautiful biblical vision of gender, in the Church and in society.
The Pastor: Tender Heart and Thick Shell, Evangile 21 2022
This workshop will explore the biblical tension that exists at the heart of pastoral ministry – the subtle blend of compassion and authority, the right balance of sensitivity and insensitivity, the juxtaposition of love for neighbor without giving in to complacency.
The Church and Families Partner in Showing the Younger Generation God’s Good Design, Evangile 21 2022
Kevin sits down with Rachel Yates, Women Ministries coordinator for Evangile21, to talk about the Church and families partnering to show the younger generation God’s good design.
God Hears Their Cries, Evangile 21 2022
In this plenary session at the Evangile 21 2022 Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Kevin speaks from Exodus 1-2.
The Spirit and Flesh of Thomas Jefferson with Thomas Kidd
Kevin welcomes Tommy Kidd to LBE to talk about Tommy’s new biography on Thomas Jefferson. How should we understand Jefferson’s many inconsistencies and contradictions? How do we make sense of his significant moral failings? Was he a Christian? Is his legacy worth commemorating and celebrating? Kevin and Tommy talk about these questions and many others in an hour-long discussion that goes deep into history and helps us think about the Declaration of Independence that Americans will celebrate in just a few days.
Unsung Heroes: Shiphrah and Puah
We would do well to follow the example of these two Hebrew midwives who did the right thing, even when they were told to do what was wrong.
The Spirituality of the Church with Alan Strange
At the 49th PCA General Assembly, Kevin had the opportunity to engage with Dr. Alan Strange on the spirituality of the church, the subject of which will be the focus of Dr. Strange’s forthcoming book published by Crossway.
Pastoral Prayer – June 26, 2022
We thank you for the gift of children, for the blessing of abundance and life. We pray for those who mourn the loss of children; comfort them. We pray for those who desperately want to have children; sustain and bless them.