Pastors

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.

It’s not exactly news, but there are fewer people attending church now than before the pandemic. What we’re finding out now is just how big of a drop it was.

There is an Old Testament prayer that has become very precious to me, although it’s somewhat repurposed for the context of parenting.

Philip Wagner offers insight into the six major struggles pastors face in the ministry and how to overcome them.

As I look back over my 43 years in ministry, I realize I repeatedly made this one really dumb mistake in the relationship area.