Pastors

What are the most important qualifications of a pastor? Of all the many qualifications laid out in the New Testament, there is just one related to skill and one related to experience. There is something else that is far more of a priority.

I wish that we discussed these realities more often in our churches. Some of the black women who are sitting in your pews feel this way. Some of these women want to be cherished wives and devoted mothers. Nevertheless, they are consistently thwarted because of the assumptions made about them.

Why did God allow the gunman to spray the Aurora movie theater with gunfire? The only answer I can honestly give consists of four words.

"Serving and saving were marks of Christ's life on earth. They should be marks of His people, as well."

The evangelical movement today is dividing into separate communities that hold some common tenets but differ dramatically in other ways. Will this splitting of the evangelical soul end — or will evangelical division only continue to grow?

In every time period and historical context during which it has been shared, the gospel has confronted culture in one way or another.

What is the definition of church? Well, it's not these 10 things. And it could be that these things—helpful as they may be in some respect—are contributing to declining church attendance.

The term "Reformed Charismatic" is rare, but many are trying to find common ground between Calvinism and the Charismatic movement.