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Articles for Pastors
9 Reasons Weddings Aren’t My Favorite Part of Pastoral Ministry
Over the next few months, I’m officiating at two weddings for my current students. I’m excited to help these young couples, but I (like other pastors I know) don’t always enjoy leading weddings. Here’s why:
Articles for Pastors
Dealing With Depression in Ministry
The harsh reality of life in a dramatically broken world and what remaining sin does to the hearts of us all.
Christian News
Abortion Numbers at Lowest Level Since 1973
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute indicates the number of abortions obtained in the U.S. between 2014 and 2017 have dropped 7% and are continuing along a downward trajectory that started in 1980.
Christian News
Iranian Authorities Sentence Man to Prison for Selling the Bible
As attacks against Christianity in Iran continue, a bookseller from the city of Bukan has been arrested on charges of selling the Bible. He is one of many in the country being persecuted in the name of Christ, even as the gospel is spreading rapidly.
Podcast
Mark Sayers: An Anxious, Post-Christian Culture Is Longing for Hope
Mark Sayers says, “What’s happening is the secular story itself is actually beginning to have its moment of doubt.” Mark is the senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia, and this week on our podcast he shares how living in our current culture gives us a unique opportunity to offer people hope.
Articles for Outreach & Missions
How Supernatural Counsel Beats Human Counsel Every Time
The reality of Jesus and His continued presence through the ministry of the Holy Spirit means that ministry and counseling can be and should be supernatural counsel. Here's how.
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.
