FeaturedWriting Jesus Cleansing the Temple Does Not Excuse Your Lousy Temper What if Jesus isn't flying off the handle while cleansing the temple? What if there's…Bret HammondFebruary 27, 2022
Writing Reveal Yourself to Me Should we randomly open our Bible and ask God, "reveal yourself to me?" If we…Bret HammondMay 6, 2021
DevotionalWriting What I Learned from a Broken Dog Trixie was a great dog, but she was broken. The only problem was, she seemed…Bret HammondMarch 26, 2021
MinistryWriting Masks and Mourning: Following Jesus Through 2020 He sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans,…Bret HammondJune 22, 2020
ReviewsWriting Gospel Allegiance, by Matthew W. Bates Could it be that we’ve limited our definition of “faith” to our hopes and feelings?…Bret HammondNovember 7, 2019
ReviewsWriting Review: Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Morality, by Richard Beck I found the opening sentence to Unclean, by Richard Beck, to be revolting. But that…Bret HammondOctober 13, 2019
MinistryWriting Every Minister Needs Some Moonshine Several years ago I was on the phone with an adman in Los Angeles, hashing…Bret HammondSeptember 26, 2019
ReviewsWriting Review: Becoming a Pastor Theologian A chasm has opened up between the academy and the church. In this situation, the…Bret HammondAugust 30, 2019
PreachingReviewsWriting Why You Should Preach Like TED (or at least give it a shot) Unless the rock you're living under still has dial-up Internet, you've probably seen a TED…Bret HammondJanuary 9, 2017