Articles for Pastors

We need some guidelines to make conversations about race and the church fruitful rather than frustrating.

Ask your newest church members if they considered your church a friendly church when they first attended. You might find that some folks joined your church for some reason other than your friendliness.

Weighing the pros and cons of staying or leaving.

Faith in Jesus means you believe he actually exists. And second, you are convinced he is trustworthy; you can believe what he says and trust in his character. There are many Bible verses about faith.

Insisting on unanimity can actually damage unity. Instead, let’s value trust more highly than agreement.

Why do some leaders end so well while others go out not in a blaze of glory, but in a blaze of gory?

We all need to follow relationship principles. It doesn’t matter how smart, gifted, or knowledgeable we are. If we don’t know how to get along with people, we won’t make it far as leaders.

Whenever the biblical message of the cross is made to conform to human wisdom, you have a distortion of the message.