Articles for Pastors

I believe it is absolutely correct to make the main point of the Scriptural text the main point of the sermon. We’ve all had to endure “sermons” which were no more than the preacher’s opinion; an opinion which, at best, is loosely related to a Scriptural text read at the beginning of sermon time.

"A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God."

The term “antichrist" has pretty much ruined us. What Scripture actually says about the antichrist (or antichrists) is very different from what we may believe.

The “Portrait of Dr Gachet” was a masterpiece when Van Gogh painted it in 1890, long before it was purchased for millions of dollars. You were a masterpiece before Covid-19 and you are still a masterpiece today.

But chronic anxiety, the low level anxiety we seem to never shake for an anxious leader, fuels emotionality and shows up in eight ways that I call “the eight Fs of chronic anxiety.” It manifests itself differently in different people.

Being patient is not the same thing as moving slowly. Some leaders claim they are being patient when they are really just moving slowly. Here are three differences between moving slowly and being patient.

The other day, I was on a Zoom call with a bunch of pastors, and we were talking about what is working and not working in this new post-covid world. As the call went on, we started to discuss what will come next for churches.

As you pursue reopening your church, we desire to help your church navigate into this “new normal” in a manner that will strengthen your ministry impact. This Essential Guide to Reopening Your Church Post-COVID-19 provides resources to help you prayerfully do just that.