Articles for Pastors

There are times where a leader takes on a new responsibility or an additional discipline, and the pressure does not develop the leader. Instead the pressure causes the leader to realize, “I am not that passionate about this” or “I am not particularly gifted for this.” This is NOT a failure. This is great! Because now the leader can focus with more confidence on what he or she is most passionate about or gifted for.

These qualities are what differentiates true shepherds from the wolves that seek to imitate them. Pray that your church officers would be such men.

We were definitely meant to enjoy God’s creation and use it as a catalyst for the worship of Him. Just as a masterpiece invokes awe in the skill of the artist, so too creation should thrill our hearts with the glory of the Creator.

My first Sunday back after quarantine, I sat in a daze on the pew in my Central Asian church. The IKEA Christmas star still hung suspended from the ceiling above the baptismal in the corner.

A local church is a lot like wagon trains. We’re slow and bumbling on the trip. Someone is always getting lost and something is always breaking. We’re constantly having to stop so someone can rest or get over an injury or illness.

Three down-to-earth reminders every pastor should keep before the congregation.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."

We know that when we blow it, that we are to go to Christ in repentance for the forgiveness of sin. What we need in this moment is atonement and then justification.