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The Humbling Power of Age

I’m not an old man. Not yet. But, my body regularly reminds me that I am not young anymore. It […]

Ministry on the Edges— Here’s a piece I wrote for LifeWay about the importance of ministering around the edges of

I once read that humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking about yourself less. I find that the

“Be humbled, walk softly; down with your topsail. Stoop, stoop! It is a low entry to go in at heaven’s

“Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue (cf. Col.

“Ministry itself can create a mask of performance, the projection of success. Everyone wants to be a winner. In contrast,

“A faithful minister will…never allow anything to be credited to him, or his office, which belongs to his divine Master.

“As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more,

Preachers should always consider humility a must and not an option. Though preaching with power and conviction is a necessity,