Articles for Pastors

What a crazy time to be a pastor. The only thing you can be absolutely sure of is no matter what you do, or don’t do, church people will tell you you're doing it wrong.

What is a disciple? Dallas Willard provided one of the finest explanations I have ever seen: “A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.”

Under the notion of exposing "pastoral abuse," well-meaning believers may begin to fall into the snare of "pastor abuse." As one pastor recently observed: "For all the prominent 'pastoral abuse' cases," he said "I hear far more about abusive congregations who chew up pastors."

Here are 10 things I’d want to know about your church if I were considering a new pastor role there.

Can a divorced person be a deacon in his or her church? What does the Bible say about divorce? It's a little more nuanced than you might think.

Walking in and playing maid is a fast track to resentment. Growing people where they need to be is how servant leaders love and lead their flocks.

Judge (and its sister word, judgmental) is a four-letter word--which doesn’t mean you can’t ever use it, only that it’s best to use it infrequently and only when absolutely necessary.

Just because you praise God on Sundays doesn't mean you don't need to spend time with Him during the week. Here are three ideas.