Articles for Pastors

Here are three reasons why adult Sunday school teachers of the Bible shouldn’t be boring—and four strategies to avoid boring teaching.

The first picture of the church we get in Revelation is that the church is a lampstand (Revelation 1:12-13). Let us embrace the breathtaking privilege of being part of churches, which are the receptacles of God’s Spirit.

A fast pace with high pressure can cause us to believe functional leadership lies even if we’ve been taught they’re not true. I call them functional lies because they are not moral or sinful, but they can still be harmful.

There are three biggest enemies you'll face every day. And people are not the real enemies. Paul made that clear.

We know the strength of churches is directly connected to the effectiveness and well-being of pastors. This is why we must appreciate pastors. 

Be content with pastoring an almost invisible church. To paraphrase an old saying, God must love almost invisible churches because he made so many of them. So we’d better start to love them too.

The world may tell you to remove negative people from your life. But if you strive to be an authentic leader, your goal should be just the opposite. You should be seeking out negative people, and placing yourself directly, and intentionally, in their midst.

An unteachable person is not necessarily quarrelsome, although when the right issue arises they may be, or they may just walk away. What does an unteachable person look like? What are his (or her) distinguishing marks? Here are twelve possibilities.