Articles for Pastors

The Two Kinds of Church Leaders: The Rancher-Shepherd Divide

There are good cases for a pastor acting more like a shepherd than a rancher and vice-versa. The bottom line is, the Church needs both ranchers and shepherds.

How Expository Preaching Helps Set a Church’s Agenda

I want the Lord to set the agenda and not myself or anyone else. I believe going through books at a time will do this.

How to Make the Time With Your Kids Count

When we think about stewardship, we tend to focus on certain areas more than others. If you’ve been around church for long, you’ve probably...

The Importance of Investing in People With No Potential

Is there any wisdom in investing in people with no potential? Most of what we do in the pastorate makes no logical sense. At least...

Pastor, Why Do You Want a Big Church?

Pastor, why do you want a big church? Does that strike you as a strange question? Of course we want big churches because that...

How to Know How Satan Is Tempting You

"Satan knows how to custom-craft temptations to fit each one of us."

The Power of Praying From the Bible

Over the last two decades I’ve known the power of praying and the incredible joy of leading scores of prayer experiences that we call...

Is the MultiSite Movement Still Growing? 6 Updates

The multisite movement is, by historical standards, a recent phenomenon. The 2005 research by Todd Rhoades found 10 such churches in 1990, a number...