K.V. Paxton

Be Faithful and Come What May

What does church success look like during a global pandemic? For at least a generation, success in churches was based largely on numerics, on this we can agree. Every year in my denomination (the Southern Baptist Convention), for example, churches must fill out the Annual Church Profile (ACP), which asks churches nearly every conceivable questionContinue reading “Be Faithful and Come What May”

A Plea to Church Members, Give Your Pastor Grace

This post originally appeared on FTC.co on August 11, 2020. A few days ago I was scrolling through my Timehop and I came across a tweet that I had retweeted from Ray Ortlund in which he said, “If your pastor loves the Lord, is faithful to his wife, preaches Jesus from the Bible, don’t hassleContinue reading “A Plea to Church Members, Give Your Pastor Grace”

Worship According to Habakkuk

This post originally appeared on FTC.co How long has it been since you’ve stumbled on the book of Habakkuk? I hope, if not recently, you’ll revisit it soon. Habakkuk is a rich (but short) book that is very unique among the prophetic books of the Old Testament. Usually we would see a prophet speaking onContinue reading “Worship According to Habakkuk”