Articles for Pastors

One of the benefits of aging is gaining a clear sense of what you wish you would have known when you were younger. It got me thinking along the same lines. So just for fun, here are five things, in five areas, I wish someone had told me.

I've never coached or consulted a church that told me they had too much money. That's why these 12 questions to bring clarity to church finances are helpful for every church.

We must guard ourselves from the celebrity pastors syndrome. By all means appreciate those men with evident credibility, but give God's Word the place which he has given to it.

As the coronavirus continues to spread outside of the epicenter in China, churches in the United States would be wise to prepare for a potential outbreak by educating themselves about coronavirus prevention.

The more everything changes, the more important it is to have places to rest, find reassurance and build up the courage to step out in faith again.

Let your time with God's Word move from duty to delight.

Looking and talking down on others in our Christian subcultures is not a new problem. The “looking down” and “talking down” can reveal we are finding our worth, our identity, and our standing in things that are less than the righteousness of Christ.

A well-placed and relevant sermon illustration is the neutral zone where the application of the biblical text occurs.