The Heritage Blog

This is a truth that few seminaries will ever include in their recruitment drives: ministry will involve suffering! It is painful and uncomfortable, but true: struggling in ministry cannot be avoided. … read more

“Somewhere Phillis Wheatley is smiling on Amanda Gorman,” someone tweeted after Gorman’s recitation of her poem at Joe Biden’s inaugural speech. “The poet Phillis Wheatley would be proud,” tweeted … read more

Cross-bearing is a phrase that our Lord used for emphasis: “If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke 9:23; see also Matt. 10:38; Mark 8:34). … read more

Imagine you’re going off to college. Your parents have included a letter in your luggage that you discover once you have arrived and begun unpacking. The letter contains counsel to you at this stage o … read more

James Durham, Scottish pastor-theologian and contemporary to the Puritans, wrote A Treatise Concerning Scandal in the seventeenth century with the goal of helping Christians understand the dangers o … read more