You hear that “intentional discipleship” is a hallmark of great youth ministries, but, uh, what are you supposed to do in a one on one, sit down and say, “Okay kid, here we go. Time to follow Jesus, lemme give you a rundown.”??

One of the most significant findings from my research involving over 4,000 leaders is that praying small group leaders have faster-growing groups.

A toxic church culture may well appear to everyone as successful, strategic, innovative, observably Christian and biblical, and worthy of emulation.

There are six characteristics of gospel-shaped friendship from Romans 12 that, if the church adopted well, would attract people more than great music or special services.

When we gossip, we’re serving and worshiping ourselves.

"If the day has come to send them to college—do it with joy!"

Gone are the days of notebooks, pads, pencils, textbooks, and workbooks. It's screentime on steroids. Most if not all these items have been replaced with glowing pieces of glass.

"I know how it feels to have a broken heart. I know how it feels to be alone."