Articles for Pastors
Need Volunteers? Maybe Your Staff Is Too Big
Many churches hope (and pray) for different results, but they’re unwilling to change their systems and strategies. You can’t have both.
Articles for Pastors
Is Personal Growth on Your Pastoral Calendar?
Personal growth is not a luxury reserved for sabbaticals or crises. It is an essential part of faithful pastoral leadership. If it is missing from your calendar, it will eventually show up as fatigue, frustration, or diminished joy.
Pastors
7 Quiet Church Leadership Mistakes That Slowly Damage a Church
Most churches are not harmed by scandal or sudden collapse.
They are weakened slowly, through church leadership mistakes that feel reasonable at the time.
A sermon...
Pastors
The Church Didn’t Reject Biblical Teaching on Sexual Sin—It Quietly Drifted From It
Many church leaders sense that something has shifted in how sexual sin is understood inside the church, but they struggle to name exactly what...
Pastors
Not All Church Conflict Is Obvious—Some of the Most Dangerous Ones Look Spiritual
It rarely starts with shouting, ultimatums, or public division. Much of today’s most damaging church conflict doesn’t look like conflict at all.
More often, it begins...
Pastors
4 Weapons of Mass Distraction in the Lives of Leaders
In our fast-paced, demanding world, weapons of mass distraction lurk around every corner. When we heed Peter’s command in God’s Word, we can counter those distractions.
Articles for Pastors
7 Rules of Engagement for Theological Debate
"Do all the work necessary until you can articulate the views of your opponent with such strength that he says, ‘I couldn’t have said it better myself.’"
Pastors
Is a Preaching Calendar Really Necessary?
Ask questions, pray together, and build a rhythm that serves your ministry, not suffocates it. Your preaching calendar is more than dates; it’s a roadmap for faithful, joyful preaching.
Articles for Pastors
10 Ways to Renew (or Keep) Your Passion for Ministry
If going to work in the morning is a battle, perhaps these suggestions will help.
Articles for Pastors
A Christmas Sermon 1,700 Years Old (From St. Gregory of Nazianzus)
Celebrate this Christmas with those believers who have gone before us. Here is a Christmas Sermon from St. Gregory of Nazianzus (AD 380).
Pastors
CS Lewis’s Life Reveals 3 Truths for Reaching Even the Most Reluctant Converts
From C.S. Lewis's life, three truths stand out—truths that remain deeply relevant for anyone who loves a “reluctant convert.”
