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  • Church, State, and Independence Day: When Pastors Say Too Much… Or Too Little

    Church, State, and Independence Day: When Pastors Say Too Much… Or Too Little

    I don’t spend all my time in my church office because I like to be available in the community and where people can find me in a less official way. I’m usually in my church office in the mornings to do my study and take care of my administrative responsibilities. I was in my office…

  • Gospel of John Devotional Commentary

    Gospel of John Devotional Commentary

    An expository devotional commentary on John’s Gospel by Andrew P Cannon.

  • Your Religion Can’t Get You to Heaven

    Your Religion Can’t Get You to Heaven

    What if I told you that your religion, even if you are sincere, can never get you to Heaven? All human religion seems to be very much the same. If you can, imagine looking at your religion from the outside. There are people claiming to know the way to heaven and give strict rules to…

  • My Church is Better Than Yours

    My Church is Better Than Yours

    On Sunday at ASBC, I started John 3. I’ve been preaching through John’s gospel since October, and I’m still only to Chapter 3. That’s funny, but working through it slowly really does produce more fruit. Here at the beginning, John has made human depravity very clear to his audience. Jesus would not entrust Himself to…

  • The Sovereignty of God, Trump, and the IRGC

    The Sovereignty of God, Trump, and the IRGC

    The way we as Christians think through the wars of this world is interesting to me. There are a great many things to be said about the moral justification (or not) of actions taken by world leaders against other world leaders and nations. There are many things to be said about how some people conduct…

  • Armageddon: The Iranian Conflict and End Times

    Armageddon: The Iranian Conflict and End Times

    Well. I finally saw the word used in association with events currently at play in the Middle East. In her post, Coston claimed that, in the last battle, the nations wouldn’t necessarily fight against Israel but against Christ. I have to say, I have never actually seen such a narrative in the text of Scripture.…

  • Sign Up To Guest Star in Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    Sign Up To Guest Star in Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    I certainly have those friends I love to have theological conversations with. If you’d like to guest-star on the show, click the button below. My topics for the show are limited to issues in ministry, exposition, and theology. If you have a topic on your heart that falls in or overlaps those categories, I would…

  • Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    I took a huge step back from content development so I could settle into a new pastorate at Alex Southern Baptist Chapel. Thinking about my content ministry for the next year, 2026, I checked the numbers. To my surprise, listener and reader engagement has increased, not decreased, as I’ve taken it easy. I’m not sure…

  • Take Care With Biblical Prophecy

    Take Care With Biblical Prophecy

    As I work through the Old Testament witness about Jesus’s First Coming for our the 25 Days of Christmas at Alex Southern Baptist Chapel, I’m noticing the same tendency to do too much with the biblical witness. I understand how tempting it is. We want everything to be a direct foretelling about Jesus so we…

  • The Fall of The Busy Bee

    The Fall of The Busy Bee

    I had someone invite me to something recently. “I understand if you can’t come,” he said, “pastors are really busy.” What a sad commentary on the expectation that pastors don’t have time for people because of their schedules. There’s something wrong with that. I know, I know. There are sermons to prepare, office hours to…