Pastors

Have you ever caught yourself labeling someone on your team? Our brains love to simplify and categorize. It helps us make sense of the world around us. But here’s the kicker: When we mislabel people, we inadvertently limit their potential.

You can stop trouble before it starts or rely on prayer to protect your church.

I’ve heard it said before that Jesus speaks in parables because they are like sermon illustrations. They are heavenly truths given to us in earthly garb. That sounds great, but it’s not what Jesus said about parables.

The church is the hope of the world. According to Jesus, who said he came to establish the church, it was intended to be something so filled with energy that not even hell itself could withstand its onslaught.

Leading Well Starts With Your Own Life - It’s hard to maintain the integrity of your teaching, or to be taken seriously as a leader, if you’re unwilling to practice what you preach.

Because of the huge cost of irrigation, a farmer really only needed the dry land to produce a good crop once every 10 years in order to get by. It struck me, both then and now, that there is a relatable point here for spiritual discipline.

I wonder what proportion of gospel preachers really preach the radical message of God’s grace, and how many feel the need to qualify it and augment it and protect it? When we preach grace, how do we over-qualify it?

It's easy for a church staff to fall into "silos," where each one does their work and steers clear of other staff members. We might even do a good job within that silo, but the church deserves better. Pastors and worship leaders need to communicate, often--and with encouragement.