Pastors

Spiritual abuse works both ways: congregations can abuse pastors and pastors can abuse congregations and congregants. Make it more complex: congregants can abuse one another.

“These people just don’t value the Word!” He had given a 50-minute exposition on an obscure text in 1 Kings. It was accurate, scholarly, and the point of his sermon was indeed the point of the text. It also fell flat.

7 Attributes that Demonstrate the Real Strength of a Leader

One of the most common questions I’m asked is about family relationships in Heaven.

No pastor is perfect, but good pastors lose their jobs every day. And it hurts. I’ve experienced it, too. So just for fun (and maybe a little therapy), here are seven reasons Jesus might be fired from a church today.

Spiritual leadership isn’t something better than, or above others, it’s a humble recognition that all of our efforts and outcomes are based on the favor, power and authority of Christ, not our own.

What is my aim in preaching? My good friend Ed Stetzer asked me that recently and it caused me to jot down some of my thoughts.

It’s very common to hear church leaders critique various strategies, and simultaneously advance others, based on their observations of the ministry stylings of Jesus.