Articles for Pastors

The following is an excerpt from the opening of Jonathan Herron's book, Holy Shift. Jonathan leads one of America's fastest growing churches, LifeChurchMichigan.com. Part of his "training" was his time spent at Second City in Chicago.

A faithful expositional ministry will protect the flock from wolves both inside and outside the church. As a shepherd, it’s also our responsibility to identify the wolves.

Some pastors outgrow their jobs. Others find their jobs outgrow them. As you multiply your ministry, you must grow yourself.

Research indicates that a number of individuals working alone will generate more diverse and better quality ideas than the same number participating in a brainstorming session.  

Divorce rates among families with disabilities, infant loss, or special needs are high, and it’s no surprise. When the rest of your circumstances demand a fight, it can be hard to stick up for each other. It takes extra effort to fight for your marriage.

Perhaps some would love to limit religious liberty, but I don’t read instructions to not sing during a pandemic when inside as necessarily an attack on my religious liberty. There are other biblical postures of worship that were not addressed in the instructions.

When I say the Bible is always literal, I mean that it always gives primary importance to what it means to give primary importance. The Bible always and perfectly says exactly what it means to say.

Do you know people who struggle with recurrent sin patterns? Are you that person, even as a church leader? If so, here are some steps to breaking those patterns.