Pastors

7 Great Suggestions for Pastors Preparing for Christmas

If it's true and Christmas is the new Easter in terms of reaching people who don’t regularly attend church, then our preparing for Christmas must be more intentional than ever.

Giving to Christ at Christmas

For many years, I’ve felt that the single most important act of the holidays is to give to Christ at Christmas. 

Narrative Preaching: Do You Make These 10 Mistakes?

Let's consider the pitfalls we must avoid in order to preach with power when we take up narrative preaching. Too many preachers miss these vital skills necessary to preach the narrative portions of the scripture

When the Pastor’s Wife Suffers in Silent Depression

I was overwhelmed with my life and felt like I was failing in everything I did.

7 Characteristics of Disciple-Making Pastors

Discipleship is essential to a pastor's role. Here are seven characteristics of a disciple-making pastors.

The Doctrine of the Church: Its Meaning, Members, and Means

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once made this observation: “If we do not understand the…doctrine of the Church, there is a sense in which all its appeals and exhortations and indicatives will be quite meaningless to us.”

Christian Friendship, and 3 Reasons Why 2 Are Better than 1

Ecclesiastes 4:1 states a very simple truth: “Two are better than one." While that seems obvious, it’s a truth that needs to be re-embraced today.

The Undeniable, Irresistible Resilience of the Small Church

Small churches are not better than big churches. Big churches aren’t better than small ones. Let's discover the resilience of the small church.