Pastors

I believe James when he says Elijah was a man just like us. I am capable of mistaking the grand gesture for his voice and missing the stillness of his presence.

In the Old Testament, a name was much more than the means by which you could address someone. A name was a description of a person's character.

God created all people with right desires to know and love Him, but the Fall has twisted that desire. Due to sin, “Man is left with a ‘hole’ in his heart that only God can fill."

I have prepared sermons, found places to visit and changed my thinking because of the encounters I have had with you. This topic is for us “creatives” out there, to challenge your thinking, too.

Giving statistics are bleak. We’re failing to teach our children to give, and that failure will both rob them of joy and hinder the work of Christ around the globe.

Instead of listening to and learning from each sermon, the Sunday Morning Critic makes sure they let the pastor know after the service whether his sermon was (in their opinion) good, just okay, or not so good.

A pastor commits adultery and it becomes public knowledge. This becomes a sad, sad day for everyone who knows him.

A yearlong study of more than 1,000 pastors and leaders, conducted by ChurchSalary and the Arbor Research Group on the impact of COVID-19 on the American church, has been completed and the results released.