Scott Slayton

• How to Evaluate a Sermon with 5 Questions
  One of the great privileges in my life is preaching God’s word week in and week out. I have been doing this for over fifteen years now and steadily look for ways to grow in my skill as a preacher....
  Wednesday, July 25, 2018
• How to Sharpen Your Concentration for Bible Reading
  We live in a distracted age. We sneak frequent glances at our phones and get immersed in things that don’t matter in the long run. This has consequences for our work and family lives. It also...
  Wednesday, July 25, 2018
• How Pastors Can Keep Going When Times are Hard
  Pastor, remember that you are a Christian first. Before God called you to be a pastor, he called you to himself.
  Wednesday, June 27, 2018
• 4 Simple Bible Reading Strategies for Reading Plan Quitters
  Do you sometimes find yourself being envious of the people who start a Bible reading plan, follow it faithfully, and stick through until the end? Then, they start the same Bible reading plan the...
  Wednesday, June 27, 2018
• When You Struggle to Pray
  Every Christian knows the feeling. You know you need to pray, but the words don’t come to you.
  Wednesday, January 24, 2018
• 6 Things a Godly Dad Does
  The words of Paul in Ephesians 6 remind Christian fathers that our parenting has a great end towards which we must aim.
  Monday, November 13, 2017
• 5 Obstacles that Dads Face
  "Often men struggle to know the right thing to do in parenting. We know we should lead our families and care for our kids, but we often don’t know what to do."
  Friday, October 27, 2017
• 5 Areas in Which Husbands Must Grow
  Marriages grow because the husband and wife are growing. Our marriages don’t exist in some strange limbo where they aren’t affected by our character, spiritual growth, and emotional maturity.
  Thursday, September 14, 2017
• When Affliction is a Gift
  A few weeks ago, I experienced my first panic attack in over a year. My hand went numb, it felt like someone was sitting on my chest, and I had no idea why I felt this way.
  Tuesday, September 12, 2017
• When Your Spouse is Your Closest Neighbor
  Many times we don’t treat our spouses with the basic courtesy that we would show to someone we had just met.
  Monday, August 28, 2017
• 4 Bible Reading Strategies for Reading Plan Quitters
  Here are four strategies for changing up the way that you read the Bible.
  Friday, August 18, 2017
• Why We Struggle to Pray in the Digital Age
  At no time in human history has the practice of prayer been easy.
  Tuesday, August 15, 2017
• Why You Need Your Friends to Judge You
  If the people around me never judge me and never call my actions to account, do they really love me?
  Monday, July 3, 2017
• 8 Books for Christians Who Have Never Read Theology
  Rich Christian books have been a great aid to me in my walk with Christ.
  Tuesday, June 27, 2017
• How to Remember the Bible Verses You Memorize
  The discipline of memorizing Bible verses pays great dividends in the life of a Christian.
  Monday, June 26, 2017
• 4 Marks of a Healthy Marriage
  Here are four marks that seem to be present in healthy and growing marriages.
  Monday, June 5, 2017
• How to Read the News Like a Christian
  We live in very different times now. Our phones give us a steady stream of headlines. At every turn, a news headline that scares or angers you begs for your attention.
  Friday, May 19, 2017
• 9 Parenting Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks
  In many ways, parenting has been a school of hard knocks for me because I never thought that my children would actually be sinners who ignored or rebelled against what I told them instead of being...
  Thursday, May 4, 2017