Pastors

A Hard Passage To Interpret: The Water and Blood

One of the more difficult aspects of hermeneutics when approaching the fourth gospel is to know how to interpret historical details in a book that includes literary vehicles of symbolism and typology.

A Lot of Christians Get Abortions. We Can—And Must—Do Something About That

Sit down at church this weekend and take a look around you. The odds are good that someone nearby has had an abortion—and the odds are even better that, having had an abortion, they feel utterly unable to talk about it with a single one of their fellow believers. 

The Story of ‘Possum Trot’ Shows Us What’s Possible When Communities Work Together to Serve Vulnerable Children

About 30 years ago, the pastor of a small church mobilized his congregation to change the lives of the children in the local foster care system. This true story is at the center of "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot."

6 Major Mistakes Connected to Leadership Strategy

Mistakes connected to strategy affect your energy, resources, timing, morale and your overall ability to make progress toward the vision.

4 Ways to Fight Back Against Spiritual Apathy

It's hard to know what to do when you feel spiritual apathy. But here are four tools to help you in a season spiritual drought.

Be Anxious for Nothing—Yes, but How?

The good news is that we can learn the things that make for peace. When we learn to pray the Jesus way, filled with thanksgiving, we can learn how to be anxious for nothing.

3 Steps To Cultivating Spiritual Maturity

Have you let the furnace of passion from your conversion grow cold? Or have you steadily grown in your knowledge, wisdom, and most importantly application of God’s word, cultivating spiritual maturity?

7 Ways We Can Stretch Ourselves as Leaders

A rapidly changing work culture takes creative, innovative and adaptable leaders. It seems we are always learning something new. Leaders must learn to stretch ourselves as the demands upon us continually change.