Articles for Outreach & Missions

Being a pastor is hard, time-consuming work. So why would you, as one of these hardworking pastors, want to make your life more stressful by writing a book? Here are four reasons why (most) pastors should publish a book.

As we look for hope after the evil in Uvalde, we should cry with those who cry, but let's cry out to God.

Misplaced missional energy isn’t limited to churches. You see it in schools, homeowner’s associations, sports leagues… anywhere people are gathered. 

It's surprising to me how many Christians struggle with the idea of church attendance. We are at a crossroads in our nation on the importance of going to church.

I caught a glimpse of Jesus one day a couple of years ago. He was hanging out in a dingy hospital room in Columbia, Kentucky.

When the light of God is active within us, this frustration can be a hopeful sign of what’s to come but has not yet been realized. Call it a holy dissatisfaction, a frustrated anticipation of what we know will one day come true: that we will be like Jesus Christ, for we will see him  as he is

Our team at Cooke Media Group hears is that a major reason people decided to join a church was because they were so moved by the welcome on their first visit. But beware of the over welcome as well.

In his letter to Titus, Paul writes of people who “profess to know God, but they deny him by their works” (Titus 1:16). What does that mean? How can we deny God by our works?