Before they can reopen, some Chinese churches are required to hold patriotic flag-raising ceremonies designed to sing the CCP’s (and President Xi Jinping’s) praises.

Bodies matter. I often wonder if Christians would truly concur with this statement. I know we believe spiritual lives matter but what about embodied lives, flesh-and-blood lives?

One of the leadership axioms I adhere to is that leaders cannot take people further than they are themselves. In order for teens to consistently grow in their faith, ask them to establish spiritual goals.

For the first three months of the Covid-19 outbreak, our church family of about 1,500 only experienced a handful of coronavirus cases. As far as we know, none of those cases were spread at one of our events. Two weeks ago, that all changed with a Covid-19 spike.

While we can and must pray for matters related to their lives and circumstances, the emphasis of our prayers for unbelievers must always be for their salvation.

In early 2020, news broke that Menlo Church pastor John Ortberg had allowed a volunteer who was sexually attracted to children to serve in children's ministry. Now it has come to light that the volunteer was the pastor's son, John ("Johnny") Ortberg, III.

“In light of the fact that protests with thousands had been permitted and even encouraged, and retail stores were allowed unlimited numbers in their stores without near the safety measures we employed, I felt completely justified in what I was doing,” Andrew Wommack wrote. 

One should be careful in criticizing another pastor, especially one in the neighborhood (we both serve in the Northwest suburbs). So I am engaging...