Many people argue that male leadership (in the home and church) is simply a result of the fall of man and not as God originally intended things to be. John Piper disagrees and responds in this way. Nine evidences in Genesis 1-5 that man’s leadership is an order of creation and not a result of the fall: The creation of man and woman equally in … Continue reading Is Male Leadership Simply a Result of the Fall?
“I find myself saying it all the time. When people hear it they laugh, but actually I’m being quite serious when I say it. Here it is: no one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do.” So writes Paul Tripp. What Tripp is saying is that we are constantly thinking and that the … Continue reading Taking Every Thought Captive
The tenth commandment reads as follows: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s” (Exodus 20:17). This is simple enough to understand – don’t envy your neighbor for what God has given him – but it can be hard … Continue reading Pastoral Envy
Shepherd the Flock 