Is Your Church Healthy?
Do you have a healthy church? Take this checkup to find out.
I will never forget this crazy situation I experienced in middle school. I...
5 Needs Guests Are Attempting to Meet When They Come to Your Church
What do church guests need when the come to your church?
When you think about it from a broader, cultural context, it’s sort of an...
5 Ways to Give Your Team a Pay Raise Without Paying Them More
How do you retain your best team members when you can’t pay them more? Is it possible to give them a pay raise that...
How to Lead When You’re a People Pleaser
What do you do when you realize you have to lead, you will not make everyone happy, you won’t get all YES votes, and yet you so desperately crave everyone to applaud your decisions? In other words, how do you lead as a people pleaser?
10 Ways to Spot Spiritual Abuse
This is not an exhaustive list, but it typifies what happens. Often, you don’t realize you’re in a situation until your health is damaged, your soul is torn or your outside relationships suffer. What can we do as responsible Christ followers to expose spiritual abuse when we see it?
Project Management for Churches: A Short Guide
Project management for churches is an essential skill for church leaders.
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Too Toxic to Keep, Too Popular to Fire: What to Do About That Difficult...
There are certain staff members that are just toxic to the rest of the staff, yet beloved by members of your congregation. How do you let these people go?
Should You Support Your Spouse When You Disagree with Them?
God calls married couples to live in unity, but unity does NOT always mean uniformity. A husband and wife should be unified in their...
Small Church Pastors Have A Different Skill Set, Not A Lesser One
Why is it we often assume small church pastors can't teach us much because they haven't won the "church growth" game?
God’s 5 Purposes for Your Marriage
When husband and wife are mutually committed to being God’s people for each other, marriage soars.
The Prayers of the Spirit
The Spirit of God not only helps us in our weakness, but he intercedes for us in prayer. In other words, the Spirit of God prays for God’s children.
The Ongoing Sin of Divorce
While divorced women are not helpless, weak, or unable to fend for themselves, at the same time there are divorced women I know who are living in less comfortable circumstances than their ex-husbands.
The Kind of Leader God Uses
The Kind of Leader God Uses
God uses people of faith. The Bible says, “Without faith, it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6 NIV)....
The Blessings of Tenure
In my previous post, I reflected on the ingredients of tenure, those things that have helped me maintain a fruitful ministry in one place...
Serious and Sensitive Preaching About Hell
How does a preacher adequately communicate what is said about hell in the Bible? Ligon Duncan shares insight on how to preach with authority on the subject of hell.
12 Signs of Mediocrity in a Church
"As a church consultant, I’ve learned that these signs are often an indicator that the church overall does not strive for excellence."
The Healthy Church Profile in 2029: 10 Major Changes in 10 Years
What does the future of the church look like? While I can’t know anything with precision, I do see some outliers and trends pointing us toward what healthy churches will look like in the next 10 years.
When We Run from God: 7 Insights from One Who Did
Ever try running from God? Jonah 1 shows us seven interesting life lessons about what happens when we take this course of action.
5 Reasons People Are Drifting from Church
Drifting from church is pretty different from simply missing one Sunday. If you’re not worshipping at your church much these days, I hope this post encourages you to return. There is something special about worship with the body of Christ.
Worship the Man
The Holy Spirit gives us an ample amount of proofs of the deity of Christ in Scripture.
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Lawsuit Sheds Light on Paige Patterson’s Firing Last Year
When Paige Patterson was fired from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) last year, many questions arose. Now we are getting more details about Patterson's questionable actions through a lawsuit.
New Podcasts
Irving Hexham: This Is Why Christians Need to Know About Other...
Understanding world religions is important for every believer, especially since Christianity is declining in the Western world. This week, Dr. Irving Hexham challenges some of our assumptions about sharing our faith and explains why Christians can be hopeful, even in a post-Christian culture.
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