Articles for Pastors

So…if we’re all trying to hit the same target, why are so many of our discipleship strategies missing the mark?

Most pastors will live through the dangers of being revered as well as the pain of being resented. Here are three truths for pastors about the paradox of being resented and revered.

Even if you’re not in the middle of the battle, constant conflict wears out even the best church members.

We keep forgetting the second commandment is a command. We want our religion to be private, just “me and the Lord.”

The best leadership book is the Bible. If you want to be a great, biblical leader, you should consider Bible memorization.

Leaders often succumb to the temptation to make everything about them. It is about their goals, their career and their recognition. They become a selfish leader.

The leadership will set the tone of the community’s discipleship culture, setting the example of the church body’s “personality.” So whatever you want to see, that is what you must be.

The Bible acknowledges the reality of scarcity, but it re-casts that scarcity in the bigger picture of God’s abundant generosity.