Pastors

Trevin Wax: "I wonder if one of the main reasons for the dwindling number of baptisms is a subtle shift in vocabulary."

I'm the king of getting rejected. For every one incredible "yes" I get, there are at least eight "no's." Yesterday was quite the monumental...

TobyMac's son, Truett, died unexpectedly last year. The artist has used song to process his grief over losing his eldest son. The result is both beautiful and heartbreaking.

Are you forgetting what is behind? If you are plagued by the tendency to look back in wrong ways or be always glancing over your shoulder at sin, smarten up the pace, look up to Christ - His gaze was always right!

Transforming power in preaching is found only in God himself.

Remember that our experience no matter how great and no matter how sure we are about them can be wrong. We must trust in the Bible. The Word of God however cannot and will never be wrong and we must resolve to read it more, trust it more, and most importantly to obey it more.

But what would a set of New Year resolutions look like for you and your church, your role as a leader, or simply as someone who wants to live a life of strategic Kingdom investment? And specifically, what if they came from the Bible?

Be mindful of any unhelpful perception that could hinder your efforts to care for souls.