This weekend I’m scheduled to preach at Blanchard Road Church in Warrenville, a message on how to appropriate divine strength through our human weakness. While preparing, I came across this recently filmed testimony by JI Packer. Having had the privilege of meeting Dr. Packer on several occasions over the years, I find his testimony to be forceful precisely because his words match his life. Thank God for mentors such as he.
It was among the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. Following an exposition of Matthew 2 in which I explained the typological significance of
Gathered around a bonfire on a crisp New England evening, my wife and I listened as our friends discussed possibly sending their children to a
I remember that lunch like it was yesterday. I was only 20 years old and not looking to offend my militant herbivorous colleagues. One by
The acclaimed Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was a nervous wreck before every performance. Perhaps this would be the day that he would finally fail.
Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.