Pastors

6 Members Who Build Up the Church

Pursue these qualities in your own life and encourage them in others. Pray for yourself and others. Pray that you will build up the church as faithful and patient members who attend, encourage, confront, pray, and serve.

Lost in the Wrong Details, or Leveraging the Right Details? (How You Can Know)

There is a huge difference between details that are unimportant distractions, and details that can actually change a life. A good leader knows the difference.

Christian, Your Depression Is Real. So Is God’s Deliverance.

Even though it's not easy, you can defeat depression. But you don’t need a quick encouragement. You need a God who walks through pain with you.

R.C. Sproul: Principles and Situations

When it comes to many biomedical issues, it’s not that we don’t have basic principles to apply to these issues, for Scripture does provide them.

4 Wins When a Leader Takes an Extended Break

I have learned that taking an extended break each year is fruitful for me, for my team, for the church, and for the future.

How Natural Growth Teaches About Spiritual Growth

Natural growth teaches us that coming into maturity depends not only on the child, but the family as well. And the neighborhood. And the society.

Apologetics: Should Pastors Preach for Conversions?

Whatever you may think about a preacher's invitation to salvation in a church service, one thing is clear: they aren’t afraid to preach for conversions. Neither were the preachers and prophets whose words the Holy Spirit has preserved in the pages of the New Testament.

Why I Hate the Proverbs 31 Woman

Have we made the Proverbs 31 woman into a trophy wife of impossible standards? Now, as a wife and mother, I feel that the Proverbs 31 woman is wielded as a weapon against me more than ever.