Articles for Pastors

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.

How your church can experience rapid multiplication and keep the sites aligned as they grow.

The greatest temptation in Christian communities is to avoid confession altogether, to maintain the facade, the uneasy stasis of staying right near the surface and never getting too deep, too real, too honest with each other.

Vision always precedes resources. If you’re waiting for people and money to show up so you can get on with your mission, you’ll wait forever.

You can’t take people where you have not been.

There is a dangerous trend in churches today—a trend toward focusing less on the humility, weakness and servanthood of sacrifice, instead prioritizing the triumph, power and boasting of success.