Author: Heath Lambert

How Should Christians Respond to Fallen Pastors?

Written by Heath Lambert on January 10, 2022. Posted in Marked By Grace.

Fallen Pastors I want to begin by giving you a list of names. And let’s see if you can notice the common thread that goes through this list. Here they are. Josh Harris, Mark Driscoll, James MacDonald, Bill Hybels, Ravi Zacharias. I can keep going with more names. You’ve just read the names of very different kinds of men with very different kinds of ministries. But if you’ve been paying attention over the last several years, you know that the common thread that runs through each of those names is that these are men who did not make it in ministry. They are men whose lives and testimonies gave the lie to how they presented themselves. Some of these men ended their ministry in disgrace. Some of these men don’t know that their ministries have been fatally compromised....

My Endorsement for SBC President

Written by Heath Lambert on January 10, 2022. Posted in First Thoughts.

The Way Leadership Works When God does a great work, he raises up a great leader. This is an obvious fact of Scripture. When God delivered his people from Egypt, he raised up Moses. When God wanted to rebuild his temple and Jerusalem, he raised up Ezra and Nehemiah. When God wanted to preach salvation to the Gentiles, he raised up Paul. Examples could be multiplied with David, Gideon, Elijah, Peter, John, and Jesus himself. What is true in Scripture is also true in Church history. Whenever God has given revival, he has given an Edwards, a Whitfield, a Wesley, a Spurgeon, or a Graham. A rule of redemptive history is that when God’s people are floundering, they are absent a leader. And Southern Baptists are floundering. A Leadership Problem One of the reasons Southern Baptists have been able...