Landon MacDonald indicated the past few months at Harvest Bible Chapel have been “painful and heavy in ways I didn’t think possible.”

"I always say my primary ministry is my family. Everything else I do is from the overflow of that," Shane Pruitt says. When his own family experienced difficulties, Shane learned some things about ministering to others during times of hardship.

Too often churches choose new pastors largely based upon the perceived weaknesses of the previous pastor.

Too many churches open and then close too often because instead of looking to God, they were looking to themselves.

No matter how many policies you put in place, if they are confusing, riddled with exceptions and too easy to forget, a moment will come when your defenses are down. So, to keep your children safe, boil your strategy down to these words: Sticky, Simple and Consistent.

Dealing with a constantly critical parent who just can't seem to say anything nice.

The Savior of the parable was heading to the cross to lay down his life for the filthy, morally bankrupt, religiously void tax collector so that he might justify him by faith alone.

Even though secular cities can be hard soil, the good news is that the Spirit of God can till the hardest of clay.