Pastors
What I Would Tell My Younger Self
During a Q&A interview earlier this year, I was asked “What would you say to your younger self?” Here was my answer.
Articles for Pastors
How a Sanctified Imagination Can Improve Your Preaching
A sanctified imagination has the potential to help us connect with the daily lives of our congregation and improve our preaching.
Pastors
Nothing Compares to the Church
Nothing compares to the church, does it? No business, no investment, no enterprise, no activity. It’s the heart of God’s plan and the hope of the world.
Articles for Pastors
When God’s People Do Not Live in the Word, Bad Things Happen
The Lord never intended for His Word to collect dust on a table in your back bedroom. When God's people do not live in the Word, bad things happen.
Administration
3 Places Your Pastoral Skills Must Be at Least Average
You must be at least average in these important pastoral skills or those weaknesses will overshadow your strengths.
Pastors
The Cheer Squad: How Fellow Runners Fuel Our Endurance
Running the race of life requires endurance. And our endurance is sustained by the encouragement from those running alongside us.
Articles for Pastors
Why I Think Bivocational Ministry Is a Bad Idea When It Isn’t Necessary
A new idea gaining some traction in vocational ministry these days is purposely choosing bivocational ministry when making that choice isn’t necessary. I think that’s a bad idea. Let me share why.
Articles for Pastors
Pastor, Teach Us To Pray
The Lord’s people want to pray. Pastor, teach us to pray.
Most of the Lord’s people want to learn to pray. Pastor, teach us to pray.
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