Articles for Pastors

7 Ways to Tell It May Be a God Thing — Discerning Signs From God

"You should not dismiss the call you believe God has placed on your life because it doesn't make sense to others around you—or to yourself at times."

God’s Timing: In the Grip of Coronavirus, God Is Loosening Our Roots

God is not waiting for the coronavirus to ebb before he can move again. He will work even in this pandemic to make his name known. Timing is everything. God’s timing.

7 Reasons Why People Criticize Pastors

If you serve in a church, criticism comes with the territory. I doubt that any pastor or leader likes it. But, we must deal with it in a God-honoring way. One way to do that is to understand why people criticize us. I’ve listed below what I believe are 7 reasons why church people criticize pastors.

Flattery Is Not Encouragement

Like other good gifts from God, even the gift of encouragement has a sinister imitation: flattery. While at times looking very similar to encouragement, Scripture warns that flattery leads to selfish and destructive ends.

10 Marks of a Mature Christian

Just like there are markers for physical and mental maturation, there are also markers for spiritual maturation.

11 Self-Care Steps for Leaders Who Are Barely Holding On

Although the immediate truths are more obvious and visceral, the deeper truths are more real. We need to acknowledge the immediate truths, but embrace the deeper truths.

When Will Your Church Be Back to Normal?

The truth is that we don’t know, nobody knows, exactly what is next in this awful time. But we do know one thing. There will not be a Sunday when, suddenly, everything is back to normal.

Skillet’s John Cooper Blasts ‘Woke’ Ideology and Critical Race Theory in the Church

One to not shy away from Biblical truths and what he is learning, John Cooper shared his thoughts about how the woke ideology of CRT as seeped it's way into the American church, and some of what he has experienced.