Robert Grunden

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The 10,000 Hour Rule in the Christian Life
How might deliberate practice and the “head start” affect the way you do your work?
Trevin’s Seven
Links for your weekend reading.
A Word to the Weary Pastor
Let’s take care not to rush so quickly toward an “old normal” that we miss the ways in which God may be using this season to reform and reshape our life and ministry for the days ahead.
What I Learn from Teaching at Wheaton College
Some thoughts on challenges in ministry, evangelism, and church practice from a recent course I taught at Wheaton College.
Trevin’s Seven
Links for your weekend reading.
Is Wokeness the Greatest Threat to the Gospel?
Three suggestions for pastors and church leaders on guard against the biggest dangers to their congregations.
4 Ways to Prepare to Hear the Voice of God
How do we ready ourselves to truly hear the voice of God? How can we prepare our hearts to receive what He has to say?

Forbear with One Another
Members of the blood-bought church of Jesus Christ have a holy calling to put up with one another.
Be Like Batman: Guard the Gospel
You don't need a seminary education. You don’t have to be an ordained minister or a spiritual superstar. All you need is the Holy Spirit, and you have that! It’s time to suit up and start guarding the gospel.
Speak Only What Is Good to Give Grace
Our days and our words are numbered, and before long we will have to give an account to God for how we used them.
Evangelize the Lost
Do you remember what happened in the Garden of Eden after Adam disobeyed? He pursued him—and he's has been doing that with sinners ever since.
Be a Good Witness in the Community
When we think of being a good witness, we should do so with other believers in mind so that our witness might be amplified.
Maintain a Good Relationship with Christians from Other Churches
When it comes to the Christian life, when it comes to how members of different gospel-preaching churches ought to relate to one another, we need to change our strategy.
Don’t Muzzle the Ox
God’s Word languishes in the pulpit because churches have been taught to invest in buildings and projects, not men who have given themselves to the ministry of the Word.

When Martyn Lloyd-Jones Confronted a Pastor Who Loved Controversy and Denunciation
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was convinced an orthodox ministry can be spoiled by a wrong spirit with wrong methods.
Why American Church Membership Is Plummeting
And why we should take religion polls with a grain of salt.
Alvin Plantinga on “Fundamentalism”
The term is often deployed as a lazy slur rather than a serious argument.
Denominations: To Leave or Not to Leave?
Churches, and the denominations they compose, are highly imperfect things, because they are filled with people like me.
The Bible and the Civil War: An Interview with James P. Byrd
The Bible has been used to argue for peace, and it has been cited to justify horrible forms of violence.
“Christian Patriotism” in the Civil War
Christian patriotism is at its best when it summons us to make common sacrifices for the most vulnerable or oppressed in society.
A Christian Sherlock Holmes: Rebuilding an Empirical Christian Culture
How can we build a Christian academic culture that prizes evidence?