Ponderings of a Pilgrim Pastor

[...] suggest a process that would be helpful and fruitful. These points are aimed at pastors and church leaders because I believe they are the key to real change. If you're not in such a position, you can [...]

[...] need to be careful, but we need to seek to build bridges and reach out to our fellow pastors, church leaders and brothers and sisters in Christ from other denominations to see them for who they really [...]

[...] homes have walked away from God because of the sin they have seen in their parents and church leaders? "As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares [...]

[...] . I don’t have to tell you which has stood the test of time and which has fallen apart. At Whitefield Academy, we pursue genuine Christ-centered excellence. Authentic Christ-centered excellence [...]

[...] , my flock is 230+ hormonal teenagers and 25 teachers and staff in the Upper School at Whitefield Academy. Being away from a church pastorate gives me some freedom to talk openly about the [...]

[...] impressive skills - First Team All-Metro Atlanta - and a sincere heart. He graduated from Whitefield Academy and will play for George Mason this year. He led the WolfPack in points, rebounds, assists [...]

[...] I am a pastor-educator. My full-time job is serving as the Upper School Principal at Whitefield Academy in Mableton (Smyrna), Georgia. I am also an ordained pastor in the PCA, a member of the [...]

When We Mistake the Gift for the Giver We Lose the Joy of Both Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love [...]

When We Serve the Master of Mammon Looking for Security We Live in Fear Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, [...]

When We Worship Ourselves, Both Idol and Worshiper Are Fools Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of [...]

Election Day is almost here and it's a good time to think about how we should relate to this world. This has been and remains a hotly debated quest [...]

[...] speech nor is it intolerance. It is a simple rational argument based on the observation of natural reality. The other side of the debate denies that there is any such thing as "natural reality& [...]

[...] Much of the reigning secular orthodoxy in our country is based on the denial of natural reality. The LGBT rights agenda is based on denying the obvious natural reality of gender and instead [...]

[...] in the Body of Christ, and this means more than just the Christians who are members of my local church. Just as we work to get people to love and cooperate within our church, we should be reaching [...]

[...] market share and to care more for Christ's reputation in the world than the reputation of our local church or school within our community. [...]

[...] categories. We have a whole range of options when it comes to what we’ll grasp as our core identity. But we need to be careful: Our identity unites us with some people and divides us from others. [...]

[...] to determine their own gender or else we are giving power to society to control people's core identity. The idea that identity is assigned by God and not society, as a created and not a [...]

[...] a diluted, compromised, non-Christian "gospel" for the mission field. We take a Biblical theology of the church militant and flush it away flippantly and irresponsibly with such mis-guided [...]

[...] not act. Now theology can be faithful or unfaithful, as it is based on God's word or not. Biblical theology, based on Scripture, is faithful. Man-made theology, based on speculation or human opinion, [...]

[...] , think through connections and then apply their thinking to problem-solving. As a Christ-centered school, we do all of our problem solving with the wisdom of God’s Word to guide our decision- [...]

[...] the establishment of schools. Missionary schools offered a superior education in a Christ-centered school and engaged culture intellectually and theologically. We need more than just trained [...]