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Articles for Pastors
Five Questions Every Church Should Be Asking
What are the questions every church should be asking if there were to be a serious conversation about its future? There are so many that could be asked that would reflect bleeding-edge issues in culture, but for the church, it has to begin with the most foundational questions.
Articles for Pastors
Pastor, Don’t Waste Your Spiritually Dry Seasons
Every Christian—and every pastor—has spiritually dry seasons. These moments range from mildly annoying to living in a pre-Aslan Narnia where it’s “always winter but never Christmas.” What follows includes things I have done in my own spiritually dry seasons. I hope it will edify and encourage you.
Christian News
Study: 20,000 Lives, $316 Billion Saved Annually by Faith-Based Recovery Groups
A new report shows a majority of substance abuse treatment programs include a spiritual component and that faith-based recovery groups save the U.S. economy more than $300 billion annually. September is National Recovery Month.
Christian News
Chinese Churches Forced to Replace 10 Commandments
Chinese officials have gotten the 10 Commandments removed and replaced with quotes from President Xi Jinping in just about every Three-Self church in a county of Luoyang city in Henan province. This is just another in a series of steps the government is taking to sinicize religion in the country.
Articles for Worship & Creative
Why Did Jesus Institute the Lord’s Supper on the Passover?
Why, then, did Jesus institute the Lord’s Supper on Passover the night before His crucifixion? In the first place, it is because He is the fulfillment of all that was foreshadowed by the Passover lamb.
Articles for Youth Leaders
The Redemptive Side of Being Fired
Being fired, let go, transitioned out, or whatever verbiage the church uses, can be some of the deepest pain and hurt you experience. After being fired, you embark on such a difficult journey and it is so easy to let the negative creep in. But what if it was all part of a bigger plan?
Articles for Youth Leaders
Your Son and Porn: Helping Your Son Escape
If your son doesn’t live in a cave (a cave without a Wi-Fi signal, I might add), he’s going to encounter porn. It’s not if… it’s when your son and porn meet.
Christian News
District Under Fire for High School Baptisms
In the latest Tennessee high school football news, a school district is in trouble because two student athletes were baptized on school property after practice on August 7th. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has accused the district of violating the Constitution and has taken action against it.
