Pastors

The summer slump is a necessary part of the church's rhythm. Don't get discouraged. Don't fight it. If you fight this season, you will expend an enormous amount of energy with little to no results.

Until the day comes that you hear that shout from Jesus Christ, don’t quit on others, don’t quit on yourself, and most certainly do not quit on God!

It’s more important than ever to consider what freedom of speech is, the threats it faces, and why it’s still vitally important for our society. 

Here is my list of 21 things I want to thank pastors for doing during COVID.

Reaching new people is the vision of leadership; shepherding people is the soul of leadership. Both are essential. It’s easy to get focused on one or the other, but both are vital to the expression of a healthy church.

What is hell, and what makes hell hell? For at least three reasons, this sad and ominous reality should produce both grief and motivation.

For a church or house of worship to truly flourish, it needs to maintain independence from government control in certain fundamental areas. There is a legal term for this idea: church autonomy.

After spending months interviewing survivors of sexual abuse within Christian communities, we know that Josh Duggar’s situation is, sadly, not rare.