Pastors

Here is an in-depth look at the theology of God's grace and its different expressions, as well as an exploration of how God uses grace not only to save our eternal souls but also transform our daily lives.

Human experience is inexorably tied to desire. To stop desiring at any given moment of one's conscious life is an absolute impossibility. This is a spiritual reality.

Before you start, there are some critical things you need to know to be an effective media savvy pastor. Here’s five vital principles as you begin your journey.

God has defeated Satan. Past tense—it’s done.

Satan tells lies to keep us from praying. He uses pleasures and misinformation and our laziness to keep us from praying. He uses false teachers and busy schedules and great television to keep us from praying.

So here are the 10 things (not necessarily in any particular order) that I thought my new Christian friend should sink down deep into his heart, head and hands as he travels his first year with Jesus.

There are two kinds of Bible poverty in the world: first, the poverty of those who don’t have God’s Word in their own language; and second, the poverty of being surrounded by Bibles, but not reading them.

Is there a secret to a deeper love for Jesus? Let us focus on God’s incredible love for us, and ask him to keep fanning the flame of our love for him. Here is my hope. I don’t love Jesus as much as I should, but I will. Increasingly. For all eternity.