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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | Paul Carter
I’ve been involved in a number of conversations recently about how to work hard as a pastor without blowing it as a husband and a dad. I certainly can’t claim that I’ve always done that right myself, but I do believe that I have learned a few useful things over 30 years of ministry and 28 years of marriage that younger pastors might find helpful. Given that I am writing this for hard-working pastors, I’ll attempt to be as efficient as possible.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | Paul Carter
“A pastor’s primary responsibility is to his family.”One hears that sentiment expressed so frequently and with such genuine conviction that it begins to feel logically irrefutable, despite the fact that it is clearly at odds with the teaching and example of Jesus.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Paul Carter
A developing child or adolescent needs a mature adult, with authority in his or her life to say an occasional NO. They need mom and dad to play Gandolf every once in a while, standing in the path of the dark and sinful desires that arise out of the fissures of the fallen human heart and to say a loud and uncompromising: YOU SHALL NOT PASS! You can call your parenting style whatever you like, but if it doesn’t have a category for that, then the Bible calls it sin and irresponsibility.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Paul Carter
A Christian burial service offers you a chance to preach the gospel to your loved ones from beyond the grave. It will press eternal truths directly upon tender hearts. It will preach gospel hope directly into open ears. Why would any believer pass on such an opportunity?
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | Paul Carter |Wyatt Graham |Andrew Noble
My oldest child is in junior kindergarten. My wife and I decided to put her into the public school system. A lot of prayer went into that decision—we really weren’t sure, but that’s where we landed. In a lot of ways, we’re really thankful for our daughter’s first year of school. She has an incredible teacher that she adores. She has had lots of fun and begun to come out of her shell and relate to other kids better. She has also learned a lot. She can sound out simple words now and read them.
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May 30, 2024 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | Paul Carter |Paul Martin |Steve Bray |George Sinclair
More Videos Social Media and Christianity Here is our roundtable discussion on Christians and Social Media. The roundtable focuses on parenting children in a social media age. We also discuss how to use social media as Christians. We hope it is a blessing and help to you. Pastoring in a Pandemic Part 4 Pastors Paul Carter, Paul Martin, Rob Godard, Steve Bray, and Clint Humfrey talk about pastoring in a pandemic. Topics covered include: 1. The James Coates’ situation.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | Ryley Heppner |Wyatt Graham |Erin Ford |Paul Carter
Seasons of suffering do not aways produce our clearest and most logical thoughts. The coming together of things like shock, sadness, anger, and confusion can sometimes lead to some wildly unhealthy and even irrational conclusions and decisions. And yet, I would argue that those difficult seasons of our lives can also end up being the moments when we see things with a surprising amount of clarity. On February 4th, 2024, I went to the hospital to have a lump looked at.
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Apr 17, 2023 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | James L. Seward |Andrew Noble |George Sinclair |Paul Carter
Two Well-Meaning but Unhelpful Questions In 2021, my wife Louise and I took a couple of days off and went to Montreal. One day we walked across Mount Royal to visit the St. Joseph’s Oratory. I sat praying for a while, and after prayer, I looked at the large statue that they have at the front, depicting Jesus dying on the cross. The only way to see it, is to look up, which is, of course, the only Christian way of looking at Him and His death upon the cross.
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Apr 5, 2023 | 
ca.thegospelcoalition.org | George Sinclair |Paul Carter |Andrew Noble |Wyatt Graham
Four Biblical Categories for Theological Triage Several years ago, I was at a conference where Don Carson was speaking, and I asked him if he could name some issues he thought would be problematic for Christians to navigate over the next few years. He simply stated, “The battle will be for the Bible.” He was right. The prevalent worldview on Scripture has shifted from: it’s God’s Book, to it’s one of God’s Books, to it’s a good book, to it’s a corrupt, unjust, and unethical book.
