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Our Vulnerable God and the Tragic Risk of Free-Range Humans

"Did God intentionally order the universe in a way that wove risk into its fabric?"

How to Tell if Your Church Is Actually Producing Disciples

"Knowledge is not spiritual maturity. Knowledge makes you arrogant. Love transforms you."

Five Rules About Failure

Failure happens to everyone. Here's how you should respond when it happens to you.

How to Win the Battle In Your Head

Leadership is above all a mental (and therefore spiritual) game

Gay People Have Feelings Too

"Let’s adorn the truth of the gospel with the grace of the gospel."

These Churches Must Change or They Will Die

I have some tough news for you who are members or leaders of about 100,000 churches in America.

A Different Take on Reaching Millennials

"A primary mission of every church leader is to hand the church over to the next generation."

To Brock Turner’s Father, From Another Father

I say this as a father who dearly loves my son as much as you must love yours.

4 Ways a Church Benefits From Having a Healthy Pastor

"If our pastors are healthy, our churches will be healthy."

The Church and Mental Illness

When it comes to mental health and the church, there are three points that I want to lay out to encourage all of us to effectively confront the stigma of mental illness.

5 Ways Christians Can Approach the Rapidly Changing Moral Culture

What's the key to responding when the world around you no longer shares your values or thinks you have anything to add to the cultural discussion?

Why Is Humility So Attractive?

Something about humility resonates in our psyches, far deeper than evolutionary explanations go.

Jennie Allen: To the Class of 2016

Here’s what I want to remind you and cheer you on.

Stop Telling People Who Are Hurting to Pray Harder

"Prayer is a powerful weapon, but “Just pray harder” without follow-up is horrible advice."

Why Are Christians Bitter and Unhappy?

"One explanation for our cheerlessness is simple: Many of God’s people don’t believe that the Christ we serve is cheerful."

Finding God in Dark Times

What do you do when life doesn’t turn out as you planned?

5 Reasons We Struggle to Be a Friend of Sinners

"Since we are called to follow Jesus, it should be our goal to be a friend of sinners as well."

Phil McGraw and Ed Young Discuss God’s Calling, Parenting and the...

Dr. Phil McGraw recently spoke at Pastor Ed Young’s Fellowship Church, where McGraw shared his thoughts on topics including parenting, envy, and the importance of the church to society.

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

Articles for Outreach & Missions