Pastors

Growing in God's strength raises a couple of questiuons: How do you do a task in the strength of another? How do you exert your will to do something in such a way that you are relying on the will of another to make it happen?

There is often a chasm between our expectations of life in relationship with God and what God has actually promised, particularly between God’s definition of a blessed life and ours.

Among many pastors and church leaders today there is a popular rationale that proclaiming truth is the viable alternative to rebuking false teaching. Rather than wrestling with false teachers and their heresies, they’re content to cover their eyes, plug their ears and “stay positive” in their teaching.

When outrage and anger become our default, we lose all credibility and, in my opinion, become poor ambassadors for Christ.

To be salt and light to the world is one of the greatest responsibilities of the Church today, the question is how do we do that consistently in a practical way?

It’s not about the leader. Why would I say that? It's not about you because leadership is about something bigger than you. It’s bigger than any individual accomplishment.

When Jesus dined with "sinners," he was not agreeing with or ignoring their sins. By his mere presence he was confronting their sins. And he most likely shared with them his thoughts about their sins.

What makes being a Christian athlete uniquely challenging is that excellence isn’t solely about the results of our athletic competitions. As Christians, we’re called to take a larger view of excellence.