Articles for Outreach & Missions

This Is Why the Valley Is So Painful

Only when I began to embrace the pain I experience in life did I start to see and to know what’s true, and the freedom it brings. But my goodness it's hard to go through the valley.

Every Hill Is Not Worth Dying On for Leaders

Every hill you face is not worth dying on in leadership. When the pastor practices this, the church will flourish.

Why Are Marriages Failing? It’s Probably Not the Reason You Think

What if we've gotten the diagnosis for failing marriage in our culture wrong? What we need is to re-evaluate the cause of all these failing marriages.

J.D. Greear: 4 Ways the Promise of Heaven Transforms Your Life Today

"It is virtually impossible to exaggerate the joys of heaven." -Jonathan Edwards

Finish the Mission

Modern Christians, particularly of the Western world, seem to trend toward one of two paths when they are talking about God’s mission.

9 Breakthrough Prayers for the Local Church

The first step to breakthrough is praying for breakthrough.

8 Ways to Show Your Wife Respect

It is a fallacy to believe that men only need respect (not love) and women only need love (not respect).

Remembering the ‘Uneasy Conscience of Christian Music’

It was 21 years ago on September 19, 1997 that Rich Mullins died in a tragic accident on his way to a benefit concert in Wichita Kansas.