Articles for Pastors

A pattern of these conflicts recently occurred to me. And they all started with one specific kind of person within the church—the senior pastor. So I began to ask myself: Does the church have a senior pastor problem? Here’s a few examples that help to make my point.

Pastor, allow your church minister to you. In doing so, you honor your people with the opportunity to fulfill the Word of God: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2).

In this post, I will not be answering every question you or I might have about speaking in tongues, but I do hope to point out four features of this chapter, features which should shape our hearts and guide our discussion about speaking in tongues.

The Gospel of John aims to persuade readers that “Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31).

Negative emotions help you detect basic needs and warn you of boundary violations. Thus, they aren’t to be avoided. In fact, they help lead you toward healthy self-care and wise decision making.

We can learn a great deal from looking to Jesus as a leader. The Holy Spirit has challenged me to honestly look at the Western church's model of leadership and invited me to drink more deeply of Jesus’ example. Here are 5 lessons I've learned.

John Bunyan was first recognized for his character and then tested to evaluate his competence. As the church confirmed his gifts, he began to develop the conviction that he longed to serve the Lord.

There is a definite hidden poverty of affluence among people in our world today that we must talk about.